Antisocial Personality and Other Personality Disorders – Flashcards
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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o Characterized by a marked pattern of disregard for violation of the rights of others
o Psychopath or sociopath are terms often used
o Self-centered, feel entitles, exploit and seek power over others
o Lack empathy, impulsive behavior
o Temperamentally aggressive
o Lack remorse, some violate laws and end up in jail
o Rarely seek mental health care unless admitted through the court system
o More likely seen in medical-surgical settings
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ASPD age of onset
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♣ Must be at least 18 years old and must have exhibited one or more childhood behavioral characteristics of conduct disorder before the age of 15.
♣ Antisocial behaviors tend to diminish later in life, particularly after the age of 40
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ASPD associations
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o ASPD strongly associated with alcohol/drug abuse
o Failure to make or sustain stable attachments in early childhood
o Child abuse and domestic violence increases risk
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ASPD Biological Etiology
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o Serotonin deficiency and low dopamine levels are related to impulsive aggression
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ASPD and gender
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o Adolescent and adult men with XYY sex chromosome abnormally exhibit more antisocial behavior than others
o Occurs more frequently in men
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Priority Care Issues ASPD
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o Can be verbally and psychically abusive if their expectations are not met- Protect other patients and staff!
o Group interventions more effective than individual modalities
♣Under fire from other group members.
♣Keeps them in line
o Anger management is a priority intervention
o Families need help in recognizing the patient's responsibility for his or her actions.
o Goal of therapy: develop an untiring sense of attachment and empathy or other people and situations and to live within the norms of society.
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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o Characterized by a pattern of social and interpersonal deficits
o Traits are similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia but are less severe
o Magical beliefs
o Perceptual aberrations
o Paranoia
o Odd or eccentric.
o Schizotypy- traits similar to those of schizo but less severe
o Referential thinking
♣That wreck happened because of me.
o Perceived as strikingly odd or strange in appearance and behavior
o Void of any close friends
o Greater rates among men
o Reduction in temporal volume is common
o Their odd, eccentric thoughts and behaviors alienate them from others
o Unkempt manner of dress
o Do not usually seek treatment
o Meds not generally used.
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
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o Characterized by avoiding social situations in which there is interpersonal contact with others
o Appear timid and shy
o Extremely sensitive to negative comments
o Behavior becomes problematic when they restrict their social activities and work opportunities because of their extreme fear or rejection.
♣Take job on side lines, don't want authority, shy, eager to please
o Chronic low self-esteem
o Social skills training may help reduce symptoms
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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o Do NOT demonstrate obsession and compulsions but rather a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control
o Attempt to maintain control by careful attention to rules, trivial details, lists, and procedures
o Uncomfortable with unstructured leisure time- uncomfortable with empty, like vacations
o Formalized leisure activities (season tickets to sports, etc.)
o Highly structures, organized life
o Have a need to control others
o Have difficulty completing tasks because they are so involved with details
o Mood is tense and joyless
o Tightly control the expression of emotions
o Usually have a higher education and income
♣CEO, accountant
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Etiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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♣ Parental over-control and overprotection
♣ Sets distinct limits of child's behavior
♣ Teach a deep sense of responsibilities to others
♣ Encouraged to resist natural inclinations toward play and impulse gratification, and parents try to impose guilt on the child to control behavior
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Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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♣ Psychotherapy
♣ Short-term antidepressant and anxiolytic
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Narcissistic Personality
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o Grandiose, arrogant
o Begins in childhood
o Believe they are superior and unique
o Overvalue personal worth
o Handle criticism poorly
o Cannot show empathy
o Occurs more often in men
o Often found in professionals
♣ Law, medicine, science
o Children of parents with this disorder have a higher than usual risk of developing the disorder
o May be caused by overindulgence by parents
o Commonly occurs in only children and among first-born boys
o Do not seek mental health are unless there are coexisting medical or mental disorders
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Paranoid Personality
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o Longstanding suspiciousness and mistrust of persons in general
o Hostile
o Assign responsibility to others
o Avoid relationships in which they are not in control
o Hold grudges
o Typical emotional responses are anger and hostility
o Outwardly argumentative and abrasive
o Internally feel powerless, fearful, and vulnerable
o Disturbed thought process
o 2nd highest PD
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Schizoid Personality
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o Expressively impassive and interpersonally unengaged
o Unable to experience the joyful aspects of life
o Introverted and reclusive
o Lifelong loners
o Interests are directed at objects, things, and abstractions
o Not engaged
o Engage primarily in solitary activities
o Academic pursuits such as mathematics or engineering
o Etiology processes are speculative- para-sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system if functionally dominant.
o May become attached to animals-incapable of forming human social relationships
o As children- stamp collection, computer games, electronic equipment, etc.
o Communication with others is confused and lacks focus
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Histrionic Personality
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o Attention-seeking
o Emotional
o Excitable
o Draw attention to themselves
o "Life of the party"
o quick to form new friendships, then quick to become demanding
o Strong dependency need
o Appearance is provocative and speech is dramatic
o Attempt to control relationships by their seductiveness
o Needs for constant attention, quickly alienates their friends
o Becomes depressed when they are NOT the center of attention
o Ultimate treatment goal is to correct the tendency to expect others to fulfill all of their needs
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Dependent Personality
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o Cling to others
o Decision making is difficult or nil
o Self-esteem is determined by others
o Withdraw from adult responsibilities by acting helpless
o Need excessive advice and reassurance
o Described as "gullible" by friends
o Timidly void social tension
o Associated with suicide and alcoholism in men
o Persons with chronic physical illnesses in childhood may be prone to developing this
o The nurse can support them in making their own decisions by resisting the urge to tell them what to do
o Likely to have spent years seeking therapy
o Overbearing parents (don't let you make decisions), childhood illness