Which characteristic presented by a patient would indicate a diagnosis of antisocial personality

Splitting
Repression
Suppression
Regression
Undoing

What are some common defenses of personality disorder? (5)

c. Splitting

(Commonly associated with borderline personality disorders
People are "all good or all bad")

inability to incorporate positive and negative aspects of oneself or others into a whole image

a. Repression
b. Suppression
c. Splitting
d. Undoing
e. Regression

a. Repression

operating unconsciously, that banishes unacceptable ideas, fantasies, affects, or impulses from consciousness or that keeps out of consciousness what has never been conscious

a. Repression
b. Suppression
c. Splitting
d. Undoing
e. Regression

b. Suppression

strategy to cope with unwanted internal experiences (cognitions or emotions) in which the individual actively attempts not to think about the unwanted thought or feeling that they are experiencing

a. Repression
b. Suppression
c. Splitting
d. Undoing
e. Regression

e. Regression

partial or symbolic return to earlier patterns of reacting or thinking

a. Repression
b. Suppression
c. Splitting
d. Undoing
e. Regression

d. Undoing

doing things that have the opposite meaning of the distressing impulses that the individual wants to be psychologically defended against

a. Repression
b. Suppression
c. Splitting
d. Undoing
e. Regression

a. schizoid
d. paranoid
f. Schizotypal

What are considered Clustered A Personality Disorders?

a. Schizoid
b. Borderline
c. Dependent
d. Paranoid
e. Narcissistic
f. Schizotypal

A. antisocial
c. borderline
e. narcissistic
f. histrionic

What are considered Cluster B Personality disorders?

a. Antisocial
b. Avoidant
c. Borderline
d. Schizoid
e. Narcissistic
f. Histrionic

b. Avoidant
c. Dependent
f. Obsessive- Compulsive

What are considered Cluster C personality disorders?

a. Paranoid
b. Avoidant
c. Dependent
d. Antisocial
e. Histrionic
f. Obsessive- Compulsive

Resembles schizophrenia, but with no psychosis

Odd, eccentric behavior and speech

Dresses in strange ways, such as, being unkempt or wearing oddly matched clothes

Believes in having special powers, such as mental telepathy or superstitions; magical thinking and rituals

Give-and-take conversations are difficult

Loner and lacks close friends outside the immediate family

Genuinely unhappy about lack of relationships

What are the characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder? (7)

A person who has a family member with schizo

Who are at high risk for schizotypal?

Pervasive, persistent, inappropriate suspiciousness regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner and distrust of others (unjustified)

Hostile, irritable and lacks warmth

Reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events (ideas of reference)

Persistently bears grudges (i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights)

May appear businesslike and efficient, but generate fear and conflict in others

What are the characteristics of paranoid personality disorder? (5)

A person who has one or more family members with schizo.
A person who abuses substances

Who are at high risk for paranoid? (2)

The behaviors similar to those of a high functioning autistic person

Unable to establish relationships

Prefers being alone and chooses to do activities alone

Shies away from social situations and avoids others

Flat affect, appearing indifferent to both praise and criticism

Invests little energy in human relationships; conversely, may invest enormous energy in nonhuman interests (e.g., mathematics, astronomy) Often connect more with animals

Often creative, original thinkers

What are the characteristics of schizoid personality disorder? (7)

Schizotypal personality disorder or schizophrenia in the family have an elevated chance of acquiring schizoid personality disorder.

Who are at an increase risk for schizoid?

Aggressive, often violent behavior

Lacks social conscience and ability to feel remorse

Using charm, seductive behaviors or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or personal pleasure

Is disparaging, humiliating, and belligerent toward those perceived as a threat

Impulsiveness; risky behaviors to "feel alive"

Recurring difficulties with the law

Sense of entitlement

What are the characteristics of Antisocial personality disorder? (7)

antisocial personality disorder

Persistent disregard for others
Persistent violation of the rights of others with an absence of remorse for hurting others

a. Borderline
b. antisocial
c. narcissistic
d. historicity

borderline personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking that begins by early adulthood

a. Borderline
b. antisocial
c. narcissistic
d. historicity

Pattern of unstable and unsafe relationships often swinging from extreme closeness and love (idealization) to extreme dislike or anger (devaluation)

Lack insight into cause of relationship failures

Chronic depression

Manipulative

Views others as "all good or all bad"

SPLITS STAFF xxx

Engages in impulsive and risky behaviors

Constant, sudden emotional shifts and lability

Need to become and remain the center of attention, love, and admiration Dramatic, rapidly shifting, charming, flamboyant, and sexually seductive behaviors

Overly dependent on others

Aggressive behavior or suicidal gestures to punish others

What are the characteristics of borderline personality disorders? (12)

Self-mutilation is a marker for this disorder (cutting behavior)

What is a marker symptom for borderline disorder?

C. narcissistic personality disorder

Maladaptive social response characterized by a person's grandiose sense of personal achievement

a. Borderline
b. antisocial
c. narcissistic
d. historicity

Haughty sense of entitlement

Grandiose sense of personal achievement

Exaggerated feeling of self-importance and self-love

Expecting constant praise, attention and admiration

Monopolizes conversations and belittles or looks down on people they perceive as inferior

Envious of others

Lacks empathy; exploits others to meet own needs

Tantrums

What are the characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder? (8)

D. Histrionic (personality disorder)

A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking that begins by early adulthood.

a. Borderline
b. antisocial
c. narcissistic
d. histrionic

Manipulative and insensitive

Dress provocatively and/or exhibit inappropriately seductive or flirtatious behavior

Need to become and remain the center of attention, love, and admiration

Constant, sudden emotional shifts and lability

Superficial, shallow, and short-lived relationships

Lacks insight into cause of relationship failures

What are the characteristics of Histrionic personality disorder? (6)

a. avoidant personality disorder

lifelong pattern of extreme social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and sensitivity to rejection

a. avoidant
b. dependent
c. obsessive compulsive

Feelings of low self-worth

Social phobia (scared of being social)

Experiences extreme anxiety and fear in social settings and in relationships despite a strong desire for close relationships

Fear of disappointment or ridicule

Hypersensitive to criticism or rejection

Inhibited, reluctant to express irritation or anger, even when justified

What are the characteristics of avoidant personality disorder? (6)

B. Dependent Personality Disorder

a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior as well as fear of separation

a. avoidant
b. dependent
c. obsessive compulsive

Belief in inability to survive if left alone

Excessive need to be taken care of

Unreasonable wishes and wants, and expresses needs in a demanding, whining manner

Perversely, excessively submissive

Inability to make decisions without excessive reassurance

Intense fear of separation, abandonment, being alone and rejected

Tolerance of poor or abusive treatment
(If relationship does
end, the individual has an urgent need to get into another)

What are the characteristics of dependent personality disorder? (7)

High achievers

Emotional constriction

Stubborn

Preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules

Attempts to control self through the control of others and the environment

Pervasive pattern of perfection and inflexibility

Indecisive to the point that it impairs the ability to finish tasks

What are the characteristics of obsessive compulsive disorder? (7) (OCD)

c. Borderline Personality Disorder
d. Antisocial Personality Disorder

Which disorders are the most challenging and most admitted into a facility?

a. Paranoid Personality Disorder
b. Schizoid Personality Disorder
c. Borderline Personality Disorder
d. Antisocial Personality Disorder
e. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): Stabilizing patient, develop mindfulness, learn to regulate impulsive behavior and emotions,

Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving (STEPPS)
- Offers a 20-week manual-driven program
- Reduces the intensity of the core aspects of BPD
- Does not reduce hospital utilization and suicidal ideation.
- Reduces suicide attempts and visits to the emergency department

What is the Tx for Borderline personality disorder?

Benzos

(They may be used in emergency situations.) (Medications are not available for the treatment of personality disorders per se.)

_____________ for anxiety are NOT appropriate because of the potential for abuse and overdose

b. SSRIs

treat co-morbid depression and panic attacks.

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine
b. SSRIs
c. Lithium
d. Atypical antipsychotics
e. Carbamazepine

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine

have low toxicity in overdose.

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine
b. SSRIs
c. Lithium
d. Atypical antipsychotics
e. Carbamazepine

e. Carbamazepine

targets impulsivity and self-harm

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine
b. SSRIs
c. Lithium
d. Atypical antipsychotics
e. Carbamazepine

b. SSRIs
c. Lithium

(Also anticonvulsants)

minimize aggression

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine
b. SSRIs
c. Lithium
d. Atypical antipsychotics
e. Carbamazepine

d. Atypical antipsychotics

help with psychotic features in borderlines under stress.

a. Trazodone and venlafaxine
b. SSRIs
c. Lithium
d. Atypical antipsychotics
e. Carbamazepine

...

What do you use to treat mood swings and ADHD?

a. Cluster A

What is considered Odd, and Eccentric?

a. Cluster A
b. Cluster B
c. Cluster C

b. Cluster B

What is considered Dramatic and erratic?

a. Cluster A
b. Cluster B
c. Cluster C

c. Cluster c

What is considered anxious and fearful?

a. Cluster A
b. Cluster B
c. Cluster C

2
Borderline personality disorder

Which disorder is considered a Cluster B personality disorder?
1
Avoidant personality disorder
2
Borderline personality disorder
3
Paranoid personality disorder
4
Schizotypal personality disorder

5
Distrustful

Clinical manifestations seen in a person with a Cluster A personality disorder would include eccentricity and being distrustful or suspicious of others. A person who is petty, labile, and dramatic would reflect a Cluster B personality disorder. Nervousness or anxiety would be seen in a Cluster C personality disorder.

Which finding noted during the assessment for a patient with a Cluster A personality disorder supports the diagnosis? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
1
Petty
2
Labile
3
Nervous
4
Dramatic
5
Distrustful

2
The patient shows extreme fluctuating emotions.

Patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder have unstable moods. Such patients exhibit rapid emotional shifts. They may be extremely aggressive and suddenly become extremely calm. While this patient may have calm or depressed periods, the patient will not remain that way. A patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder will not necessarily be abusive to other patients or staff. A patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder craves attention and would not be uncomfortable with it.

Which behavior does the nurse expect to find in a patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?
1
The patient is always calm and depressed.
2
The patient shows extreme fluctuating emotions.
3
The patient abuses peers and hospital staff.
4
The patient feels uncomfortable with the nurse's attention.

1
Borderline

Which personality disorder is characterized by unstable and intense relationships and unstable and frequent mood changes.
1
Borderline
2
Schizotypal
3
Antisocial
4
Narcissistic

3
Antisocial

Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by persistent disregard for and violation of the rights of others with an absence of remorse for hurting others. Borderline personality disorder is characterized by unstable and intense relationships and unstable and frequent mood changes. Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by peculiar behavior, odd speech, and the presence of cognitive perceptual distortions in the absence of psychosis. Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by a person's grandiose sense of personal achievements.

Which personality disorder is characterized by persistent disregard for and violation of the rights of others with an absence of remorse for hurting others?
1
Borderline
2
Schizotypal
3
Antisocial
4
Narcissistic

2
Schizotypal

Which personality disorder is characterized by peculiar behavior, odd speech, and the presence of cognitive perceptual distortions in the absence of psychosis.
1
Borderline
2
Schizotypal
3
Antisocial
4
Narcissistic

2
Lack of remorse

Which characteristic presented by a patient would indicate a diagnosis of antisocial personality?
1
Social isolation
2
Lack of remorse
3
Learning difficulties
4
Difficulty with reality testing

1
Manipulative
2
Labile mood
3
Angry outbursts
4
Emotional sensitivity
5
Few longtime friends

Clinical manifestations of BPD include manipulating people, labile moods, angry outbursts, emotional sensitivity, and very few longtime friends.

Which behavior would the nurse expect family members to report for a patient with borderline personality disorder (BPD)? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
1
Manipulative
2
Labile mood (altered behavior)
3
Angry outbursts
4
Emotional sensitivity
5
Few longtime friends

2
Entitlement

Having a sense of entitlement means a belief in one's right to hurt others, take what he or she wants, and treat others unfairly. Splitting is the inability to integrate both the positive and the negative qualities of an individual into one person. Impulsivity is engaging in risky behaviors without first evaluating the potential consequences. Manipulation involves finding the right angle to lure a person into complying with one's own desires.

Which behavior is being displayed by individuals who believe they have a right to hurt others, take what they want, and treat others unfairly?
1
Splitting
2
Entitlement
3
Impulsivity
4
Manipulation

1
Justifying taking another patient's dessert by stating, "I deserve two desserts"

An entitled attitude is a characteristic demonstrated by patients diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. Poor impulse control as demonstrated by throwing a book is a hallmark of borderline personality disorder. Schizotypal personality disorder is associated with eccentric behavior while intense jealousy is characteristic of paranoid personality disorder.

Which behavior is characteristic of a patient diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
1
Justifying taking another patient's dessert by stating, "I deserve two desserts"
2
Throwing a book when asked to turn down the volume on the television
3
Insisting that it is necessary to eat only green foods on Thursdays
4
Repeatedly accusing the staff of favoring another patient

1
Antisocial

The person's statement shows disregard for others and a lack of remorse, both of which are characteristic of antisocial personality disorder. People with histrionic personality disorder attempt to become and remain the center of attention through manipulative behaviors. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is marked by unstable, frequent mood changes. Schizotypal personality disorder is characterized by patterns of peculiar behavior and odd speech, which are not evident in this person's statement.

Which personality disorder is suspected for a patient who took items from a thrift shop and when confronted told authorities that it was justified because it had been donated?
1
Antisocial
2
Histrionic
3
Borderline
4
Schizotypal

1
Eccentric behavior
2
Suspicious
5
Irrational

Which trait is a typical characteristic of Cluster A disorders? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
1
Eccentric behavior
2
Suspicious
3
Warm
4
Gregarious
5
Irrational

2
Mood shifts, impulsivity, and splitting

Borderline personality disorder has the central characteristic of instability in affect, identity, and relationships. Individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder desperately seek relationships to avoid feeling abandoned. They often drive others away with excessive demands, impulsive behavior, or uncontrolled anger. Their frequent use of the defense of splitting strains personal relationships and creates turmoil in health care settings

Which characteristic behaviors will the nurse need strategies for when providing care for a patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?
1
Grief, anger, and social isolation
2
Mood shifts, impulsivity, and splitting
3
Altered sensory perceptions and suspicion
4
Perfectionism and preoccupation with detail

1
Managing the affect of the entire group

The primary goal of milieu therapy is affect management in a group context. One-on-one therapy is not a goal of milieu management.

Which phrase describes the primary goal of milieu therapy for patients diagnosed with personality disorders?
1
Managing the affect of the entire group
2
Providing one-on-one therapy for each member of the milieu
3
Helping the patient remain uninvolved with other patients
4
Promoting a laissez-faire attitude among the staff members

1
Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy

Patients with antisocial personality disorder lack conscience. Their sense of right and wrong is impaired, and they tend to do whatever serves them best without considering the rights or feelings of others.

Which characteristics will the nurse look for when assessing a patient suspected of having antisocial personality disorder?
1
Deceitfulness, impulsiveness, and lack of empathy
2
Perfectionism, preoccupation with detail, and verbosity
3
Avoidance of interpersonal contact and preoccupation with being criticized
4
A need for others to assume responsibility for decision-making and nurture-seeking

2
Impulsivity
4
Hypersensitivity
6
Emotional dysregulation

Borderline personality disorder is highly associated with impulsivity, hypersensitivity, and emotional dysregulation. People with this disorder act quickly and impulsively in response to their emotions without considering the consequences. Because of their hypersensitivity, they exhibit separation anxiety. The emotional dysregulation trait is indicated by frequent mood swings.

Which personality trait is associated with borderline personality disorder? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.
1
Shyness
2
Impulsivity
3
Disinhibition
4
Hypersensitivity
5
Aggressive disregard
6
Emotional dysregulation

Which of the following is characteristic of antisocial personality disorder quizlet?

People with antisocial personality disorder may: Be physically aggressive. Behave recklessly. Blame others for their problems.

Which of the following would represent someone with an antisocial personality?

Acting impulsively. Engaging in risky behavior that may harm themselves or others, such as frequent speeding and reckless driving. Flattering others to gain something. Intentionally inflicting physical or psychological harm on others.