Vocabulary
Many individuals with personality disorders also suffer from substance abuse or other mental health problems. They are characterized by having ________.
What is dual diagnosis.
Name the 3 clusters of personality disorders.
What is A: Eccentric, B: Erratic, C: Fearful
Feeling of morality (learning what is right and wrong) begins to develop between ages ___ and ____ years.
What is 6 and 10.
Name 3 drug classes used to treat personality disorders.
What are antianxiety agents, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, lithium.
Infants who experience nurturing environments develop the ability to:
What is trust others
One's temperament is genetically linked. Abnormalities in certain neurotransmitters, the brain mechanism that connects emotions with intellect may be missing or inefficient in individuals with a personality disorder.
What is the Biological Theory.
Defined as the composite of behavioral traits and attitudes that identify one as an individual.
What is personality.
Distrust and suspiciousness; sees others' motives as threatening or malevolent (intending to do harm); may interact in odd or distant ways; untrusting, unforgiving, and prone to aggressive outbursts; jealous, scheming, secretive; may be emotionally cold and distant.
What is Paranoid
True or False: A sudden change in personality is a normal sign of aging.
What is False.
What is the therapeutic range for Lithium?
What is 0.6-1.2
The client is a 38-year-old woman with a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. Behaviors associated with this diagnosis are:
What is attention seeking
Infants begin to discover the nature of "good/bad" and love/hate" as the superego grows.
What is the Psychoanalytic Theory.
The knowledge that a loved person or object continues to exist even though it is out of sight.
What is object constancy.
Excessive need to be cared for, resulting in clinging, submissive behaviors; wants others to make decisions; requires much reassurance and attention; helpless and uncomfortable when left alone.
What is Dependent.
Personality is well established.
What is Personality in Adolescence.
How long does it take before improvements are noted when taking antidepressants?
What is 2-4 weeks.
The client is unable to make a decision by herself. She clings to her husband and quickly moves to fill his requests. Although she sometimes appears angry, her emotions are not expressed. The client’s diagnosis is:
What is dependent personality disorder
Personality disorders are the result of conditioned responses caused by previous events.
What is the Behavioral Theory
Emotionally dividing the staff by complimenting one group and degrading another.
What is splitting.
Acute discomfort with close relationships; sensory distortions; odd behaviors, thinking, dressing, and speech; experiences extreme anxiety in social situations.
What is Schizotypal
Most individuals are: Self-sufficient, involved in give and take relationships, making occupational choices, starting families, growing in self-awareness, sensitive to and accepting of the feelings of others.
What is Personality in Adulthood.
What are 3 common side effects of antipsychotics?
Extrapyramidal side effects characterized by abnormal movements, dry mouth, blurred vision, photophobia, tachycardia, and hypotension.
Medications are used with extreme caution in clients with personality disorders because of their questionable effectiveness. If a client is receiving an antipsychotic medication, it is especially important for the nurse to monitor the client for side effects of:
What is extrapyramidal movements, dry mouth, blurred vision, and photophobia.
The causes of personality disorders are embedded in one's culture and society.
What is the Sociocultural Theory.
Sociable and need the company of others.
What is gregarious.
Excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking behavior.
What is Histrionic
Strength of personality carries them through life's rougher times.
What is Personality in Older Adult
What is the most serious side effect of anti-consulsants?
What is bone marrow depression
The daughter of an elderly man notices that her father has stopped seeing his friends for their daily walk and acts in an aggressive manner when anyone comes to his house. She states that he normally looks forward to interacting with his friends on a daily basis and his general demeanor is friendly and caring. What does the nurse advise?
The change in personality and behavior should be evaluated.
Behavioral theorists see personality disorders as the result of:
What is conditioned responses.