Diagnosis
Theories
Treatments
Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders
100

Chelsie has been avoiding social contact, feels inadequate, and has been extremely sensitive to the disapproval of others. What disorder does Chelsie have?

Avoidant personality disorder

100

This theory focuses on changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors

Cognitive theories/view

100

What is the primary successful treatment for schizophrenia?

Antipsychotics

100

Which percentage of the population has schizophrenia?

1%

100

Finish the categories of personality disorders: odd, dramatic, and ____

anxious 

200

Mark does not care for others and invades people’s rights. He is extremely reckless and impulsive and frequently disregards others’ needs. What PD does he have?

Antisocial personality disorder

200

Social labeling and family dysfunction are part of what theory that explains schizophrenia's development?

Sociocultural

200

CBT helps which personality disorders?

Paranoid, borderline, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders

200

What is psychosis?

A loss of contact with reality

200

People who have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder have which symptoms?

-preoccupied with prediction 

-loss of openness and efficiency 

-reluctant to make decisions 

-refuse to seek help 



300

Katie has been feeling funny sensations, hearing noises, and she believes her neighbors have been recording her. What does Katie have?

Schizophrenia 

300

What does the dopamine hypothesis say about schizophrenia?

Says that an excess of dopamine causes schizophrenia

300

Psychotherapy helps which personality disorders?

Schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, and dependent personality disorder

300

Why are community programs inadequate for schizophrenic support?

Funding issues/lack of mental health professionals/neighborhood rejections

300

This cluster of PDs includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders

Dramatic personality disorders

400

David is often anxious around others, wants to be alone, and has flat emotions. What disorder does he have?

Schizotypal Personality disorder

400

Why do psychodynamic therapists believe schizophrenia is developed?

They say it has to do with how mothers were cold and uninterested in their child

400

How should borderline personality disorder be treated?

DBT, which consists of 1 on 1 therapy sessions that emphasize clients’ efforts at self-harm and/or suicide

400

What do “second-generation” drugs mean?

Drugs developed in recent years, also called “atypical” drugs

400

Which personality disorder are people more at risk of? Obsessive-compulsive or dependent?

Obsessive-compulsive (7.9%) > dependent (1%)

500

Joe deeply distrusts other people and is often suspicious of other people’s motives. What does Joe have?

Paranoid Personality Disorder

500

What are the biological factors that explain schizotypal personality disorder?

They believe it’s caused due to high activity of dopamine, enlarged brain ventricles, smaller temporal lobes, and loss of gray matter

500

What two therapies help with a narcissistic personality disorder?

Psychodynamic therapy and CBT

500

What was institutional care for schizophrenia in the late 1700s like?

After previous mistreatment, institutional care finally viewed patients as humans to be treated with sympathy and kindness

500

Which 5 groups of traits are needed to be diagnosed with PDTS (personality disorder-trait specified)?

Negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism

M
e
n
u