Borderline Personality Disorder and Suicide
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What is the definition of personality?

  • A person's characteristic traits, coping styles, and ways of interacting in the social environment (correct)
  • A person's financial status
  • A person's intelligence level
  • A person's physical appearance

    • At what age does personality usually crystallize?

  • During early adulthood (correct)
  • During old age
  • During childhood
  • During adolescence

    • What is the prevalence rate of personality disorders in the population?

  • 10-12% (correct)
  • 2-4%
  • 6-8%
  • 15-17%

    • What is the five-factor model of personality?

    <p>A model with 5 personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of personality disorders?

    <p>Ego-syntonic behaviour</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which personality disorder is characterized by pervasive and unjustified mistrust and suspicion?

    <p>Paranoid Personality Disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the prevalence of Schizoid Personality Disorder?

    <p>Around 1%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a proposed cause of Paranoid Personality Disorder?

    <p>Genetic transmission</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which personality disorder has an overlap with Autism Spectrum Disorders, particularly with the interpersonal aloofness?

    <p>Schizoid Personality Disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proposed treatment for Schizotypal Personality Disorder?

    <p>Building the value of interpersonal relationships, empathy, and social skills</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder among the general population?

    <p>1-2%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the developmental pathway for Antisocial Personality Disorder?

    <p>Oppositional defiant disorder in childhood, followed by conduct disorder, and then Antisocial Personality Disorder in adulthood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common comorbidity with Antisocial Personality Disorder?

    <p>Major depressive disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the diagnostic criterion for Borderline Personality Disorder related to interpersonal relationships?

    <p>Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by extreme idealization and devaluation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the treatment approach for Antisocial Personality Disorder?

    <p>Prevention and rehabilitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a characteristic of someone with a miserly spending style?

    <p>They hoard money for future emergencies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the prevalence of the described behavior?

    <p>About 2%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential target for treatment of this behavior?

    <p>Procrastination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common trait of someone who is unable to discard worn out or worthless objects?

    <p>They have a lot of sentimental attachment to their possessions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a potential consequence of being reluctant to delegate work to others?

    <p>Increased workload and stress levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the key difference between avoidant and schizoid personality disorders?

    <p>Avoidant personalities have very little desire to form close relationships, whereas schizoid personalities want interpersonal relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a symptom of dependent personality disorder?

    <p>Excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clingy behaviour and fears of separation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a possible causal factor for avoidant personality disorder?

    <p>Small to moderate genetic contribution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a symptom of obsessive compulsive personality disorder?

    <p>Being preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a possible causal factor for dependent personality disorder?

    <p>Authoritarian and overprotective parents might contribute to the development of the disorder.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, discomfort in situations where they're not the center of attention, and inappropriately sexually seductive or provocative behavior?

    <p>Histrionic Personality Disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder will make at least one suicide attempt?

    <p>25%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy?

    <p>Narcissistic Personality Disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the prevalence of Avoidant Personality Disorder?

    <p>About 1%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?

    <p>Encourages patients to accept their negative affect without engaging in self-destructive or maladaptive behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

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