Personality Disorder

do not diagnose

under 18, personality still forming

manifestation includes 2 or greater

-cognition
-affect
-interpersonal functioning
-impulse control

cluster A

odd and or suspicious

cluster B

dramatic

cluster C

anxious

Cluster A: Paranoid Personality Disorder

-pervasive distrust and suspicious of others


not a delusion, just always looking over their shoulder expecting something bad to happen

EXAMPLE: flounder

Cluster A: Schizoid Personality Disorder

-pervasive detachment from social relationships
-restricted range of expression of interpersonal emotion
(not even family)

EXAMPLE: squidward

Cluster A: Schizotypal Personality Disorder

-pervasive and acute discomfort with and reduced capacity for close relationships
-cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior

magical thinking, weird thinking, social anxiety, etc

EXAMPLE: willy wonka

Cluster B: Anti Social Personality Disorder

-pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of others
-doesnt follow laws, aggressive, lack of remorse for their actions

EXAMPLE: serial killers, Scar in Lion King

Cluster B: Borderline Personality Disorder

-pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, and affects
-marked impulsivity (over spending, over eating, speeding, etc)
-mood swings and dramatic threats

EXAMPLE: bob belcher "im going to kill myself"

Cluster B: Histrionic Personality Disorder

-pervasive pattern of excessive emotionally and attention seeking
-consider relationships to be way more than they are, over flirty, extreme boundaries are needed here

EXAMPLE: guy who loves his reflection

Cluster B: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

-pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy
-think theyre the best and everything is about them

EXAMPLE: queen on snow white "whos the fairest of them all"

Cluster C: Avoidant Personality Disorder

-a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

-fear of judgement

EXAMPLE: Elsa

Cluster C: Dependent Personality Disorder

-pervasive pattern of excessive need to be taken care of
-submissive and clinging behavior and fear of separation
-the manipulatee

Cluster C: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

-pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control
-at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency
-chronic and strict unlike OCD that waxes and wanes

EXAMPLE: spot on the couch

defense mechanisms

primitive, immature, neurotic, mature

primitive (psychotic, pathological)

delusional projection, conversion, denial, distortion, splitting

immature

acting out, idealization, passive aggressive, projection

neurotic

dissociation, hypochondriasis, intellectualization, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression

mature

humor, sublimation, suppression, altruism, identification

Transference and Countertransference

projection of feelings and attitudes from the past on the present and a target object -> <- unconscious attitude of a provider towards a recipient in response to their initial behavior