One reason personality disorders are difficult to treat is because the afflicted individual:

when does mood become dysfunctional?

-when it becomes too intense and lasts a long time

mood disorders include...(2 things)

extreme sadness, helplessness, and hopelessness

state of euphoria and focused energy 

what is the most prevalent mood disorder?

experience of a major depression

In the “permissive theory” of mood disorders, low ______ activity opens the door to a mood disorder and permits other neurotransmitters to define the form of the disorder.

The most important similarity among the personality disorders listed in the text is that:

they are inflexible, maladaptive, and related to impaired functioning or distress.

Pierre feels terrible. He is sad, tired, and depressed, but instead masks it with anger. This is consistent with the:

One reason that the personality disorders are difficult to treat is that the afflicted individuals:

are frequently unaware that they have a problem.

Personality disorders are categorized by clusters that include all of the following except:

A friend of yours says, “A 15-year-old high schooler accused of shooting several classmates received a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.” Your most accurate reply would be

“No; the kid is too young for that diagnosis.”

Biochemical explanations for bipolar disorder center on all of the following except:

Which of the following statements is not generally true of those with antisocial personality disorder?

They care for no one's safety, except theirs and their children's.

The person most likely to be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder is:

Someone who experiences a half-dozen alternations between mild mania and major depression within a one-year time span would be classified as:

bipolar II rapid cycling.

“I hate you don’t leave me”

They “skirt the edge of deceitfulness”

A psychodynamic theorist would say this is weak in the antisocial PD

A cognitive theorist would say an antisocial

has a lack of this

Mild, chronic and bipolar like

If you wanted to write a book about a fictional character who is a “typical” example of antisocial personality disorder, you might have the character exhibit all of the following except:

periods of very high anxiety.

Depression is more common in women because they experience more taxing life

Keira has an unstable self-image, major mood shifts, and is prone to depression and

borderline personality disorder.

Borderline personality- personality disorder

• Instability, lack of sense of identity, instability in relationships, & impulse control

• little tolerance of being alone and fear of abandonment
• dialectical behavior therapy : helping people cope w/ the stressors that seem to trigger suicidal behaviors
  SPLITTING IS COMMON

Of the following alternatives, which is usually the best advice you could give someone with bipolar disorder?

“Be especially concerned about the depression; that's a lot more common than the mania.”

Transported to the hospital after a suicide attempt, an emotional but angry woman in her early 20’s is later admitted to the hospital's psychiatric wing. The psychiatric staff is most concerned about the woman attempting to hurt herself again. Most likely, if the woman is diagnosed with a personality disorder, it will be:

Studies of those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder show that

over half attempt suicide, and over 5% succeed.

The person most likely to exhibit strong symptoms of borderline personality disorder is:

The fact that those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder often were neglected, rejected, or sexually abused as children is best predicted by which view?

Julie’s parents never quite liked her. They probably did not want children in the first place. She just was not accepted. It was clear early in school that she had a low opinion of herself. She also did not know how to interact with the other children. Now she cuts herself and has been to the ER several times. This is a description of the possible development of:

borderline personality disorder.

A biological cause implicated in borderline personality disorder is:

decreased levels of serotonin.

A person constantly strives to be the center of attention, yet the ideas the person so eloquently expresses are usually shallow and changeable. If this person were diagnosed with a personality disorder, it most likely would be:

Historically, which of the theoretical orientations seems the most gender-biased in its explanation of the development of histrionic personality disorder?

“I am the greatest!” a famous boxer declared loudly and often. Had he in fact acted throughout his adult life as though he were the greatest, the most appropriate personality disorder diagnosis would be:

The “flower children” of the 1960s and 1970s have sometimes been called the “me” generation, reflecting the supposed self-centered individualism of the time. If this is true, a sociocultural theorist would predict a larger than usual percentage of which kind of personality disorder among the aging “me” generation?

Behavioral and cognitive theorists propose that people who develop narcissistic personality disorder may have been treated:

too positively in early life.

A person who is inhibited in social situations, feels inadequate, and is very sensitive to criticism may be experiencing:

narcissistic personality disorder.

narcissistic personality disorder.

is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.

Avoidant personality disorder seems most closely related to:

A friend spends hours each day in chat rooms, and seems to rely increasingly on the approval and advice of “cyberfriends.” In fact, your friend finds it harder and harder to leave the chat rooms; they control your friend's every decision. This behavior pattern is most similar to that of people with which of the following personality disorders?

If parents excessively reinforce clinging and punish attempts at independence, the result might be the development of:

dependent personality disorder.

The TV show Monk features a detective who is very seldom happy, has few good friends, has a very rigid order and way in which he must do things, and who frequently has difficulty making up his mind about what to do. If he were diagnosed with a personality disorder, most likely, it would be:

A type of suicide associated with terminal illness

At the highest risk of suicide

Why is it difficult to treat individuals with personality disorders?

Which personality disorders are the most difficult to treat?

What is the main cause of personality disorders?

What are the complications of personality disorder?