CLUSTER A
ODD-ECCENTRIC, WEIRD, OFF
PARANOID
GENERAL SUSPICIOUSNESS
EXAMPLES
ASSUMPTION OF EXPLOIT
LOYALTY ISSUES
CANNOT CONFIDE
HIDDEN MEANINGS
PERCEIVED INSULTS
OLD LAWYER EXAMPLE
DIFFERENTIAL
DELUSIONAL DISORDER (DD)
"KNOWS WITH CERTAINTY"
ONSET SUDDEN/MIDDLE AGE
VS SINCE CHILDHOOD
PERSECUTORY TYPE
SCHIZOID
HAPPY LONER
EXAMPLES
LACK DESIRE OF INTIMACY
FEW FRIENDS
SOLITARY ACTIVITIES
SOCIAL INDIFFERENCE
EMOTIONLESS
NOT A BIG PROBLEM
SCHIZOTYPAL
WEIRD
EXAMPLES
ODD SPEECH
ODD APPEARANCE
NON-BIZARRE IDEAS OF REFERENCE
SGU GAZETTE ARTICLE --> NOT GOING TO CLASS
PARANORMAL PHENOM PREOCCUPATION
PREMORBID TO SCHIZOPHRENIA
GENERAL FEATURES
MORE COMMON IN MEN
NEUROLEPTICS TO TREAT
CLUSTER B
DRAMATIC, EMOTIONAL, THEATRICAL
BORDERLINE
UNSTABLE
EXAMPLES
AVOIDS ABANDONMENT
UNSTABLE INTENSE RELATIONSHIPS
IDEALIZATION
DEVALUATION
UNSTABLE SELF-IMAGE
SELF-DAMAGING IMPULSIVITY
SUICIDAL GESTURES/SELF MUTILATION
UNSTABLE MOOD
FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS, BOREDOM
TRANSIENT DISSOCIATIVE SYMPTOMS
GENERAL FEATURES
MORE COMMON IN WOMEN
HISTORY OF ABUSE
OFTEN MDD, RELATED TO DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
HISTRIONIC
THEATRICAL
EXAMPLES
CENTER OF ATTENTION
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE TO DRAW ATTENTION
IMPRESSIONISTIC SPEECH/LACKS DETIAL
EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
ASSUMES GREATER INTIMACY THAN EXISTS
NARCISSISTIC
EXTREME ARROGRANCE
EXAMPLES
GRANDIOSE SENSE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
PREOCCUPIED WITH SUCCESS
NEEDS ADMIRATION
ENTITLEMENT
EXPLOITATIVE
HAUGHTY
DIFFERENTIALS
DELUSIONAL DISORDER
GRANDIOSE TYPE
UNFOUNDED BELIEF OF TALENT
OLDER AGE ONSET/ABRUPT
VS ARROGANT IN NARCISSISTIC
BIPOLAR I DISORDER
BPI HAVE MORE SYMPTOMS THAN GRANDIOSITY
EUPHORIA
LOSS OF SLEEP
ANTISOCIAL
ACTIONS AGAINST SOCIETY'S NORMS
EXAMPLES
UNLAWFUL
DECEITFUL
IRRITABLE/AGGRESSIVE
DISREGARD SAFETY
IRRESPONSIBLE
LACKS REMORSE
SOCIOPATH
PSYCHOPATH
MUST BE AT LEAST 18 W/ SYMPTOMS OF CONDUCT DISORDER BEFORE AGE 15
GENERAL PROFILE
MEN
SUPERFICIAL CHARM FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
LOW SOCIOECONOMIC HOUSEHOLD
UNDER RESPONSIVE PHYSIOLOGY TO STRESSORS
CLUSTER C
ANXIETY COMPONENT
AVOIDANT
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
EXAMPLES
AVOIDS INTERPERSONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FEAR OF CRITICISM
UNWILLING TO START RELATIONSHIP UNLESS CERTAIN OF BEING LIKED
RESTRAINT/INHIBITION IN RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SELF IMAGE
TREATMENT
LIKE SOCIAL PHOBIC
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
SSRI USEFUL
DIFFERENTIALS
SOCIAL PHOBIA
STRONGER AMOUNT OF ANXIETY
SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDERS
NO DESIRE FOR RELATIONSHIP
AVOIDANTS DO HAVE DESIRE
DEPENDENT
EXTREME RELIANCE ON ANOTHER
EXAMPLES
INDECISIVE
OTHERS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIFE
DIFFICULTY DISAGREEING
DIFFICULTY INITIATING DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE
EXCESSIVE LENGTHS TO KEEP/GAIN SUPPORT
NEED TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP
TREATMENT
PEOPLE AMENABLE TO TREATMENT
PSYCHOTHERAPY
RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
OVERWHELMED WORKAHOLIC
EXAMPLES
PREOCCUPATION WITH DETAILS, RULES, LISTS
PERFECTIONISM INTERFERES WITH TASK COMPLETION
EXCESSIVE DEVOTION TO WORK
OVER CONSCIENTIOUS, SCRUPULOUS
RELECTANCE TO DELEGATE
RIGID STUBBORN
TREATMENT
MAY SEEK TREATMENT
DIFFERENTIAL
NOT THE SAME AS OCD
MORE SIMILAR TO TYPE A BEHAVIOR
COMPETITIVE
HARD-DRIVING
TIME URGENT
PRESSURED
IMPATIENT
IRRITABLE
HOSTILE
INCREASED RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE
AXIS II DIAGNOSES
CAUTION AGAINST PREMATURE DIAGNOSIS
PERSON MAY HAVE SEVERAL
TRAITS
CHRONIC/PERVASIVE
CULTURALLY DEVIANT
MALADAPTIVE/DISTRESSFUL
ONSET & COURSE
BEGIN AS CHILD
BETTER DEFINED LATER
NOT DIAGNOSED TIL LATER
ETIOLOGY
GENETIC
SUPPORTED BY TWIN STUDIES
INHERIT BASIC TEMPERAMENT/CERTAIN TRAITS
ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES
OPERANT CONDITIONING
SOCIAL LEARNING
TREATMENT
POOR PROGNOSIS
PSYCHOTHERPAY
LONG TERM
BUILD TRUST
PHARMACOLOGICAL
NOT USUALLY UTILIZED BUT COULD BE USED TO TREAT DEPRESSION/ANXIETY
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