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General Personality Trait Disorder
- Significant Impairments
- Self-Identity Impairments
- Interpersonal Functioning Impairments
- One or more Personality Traits
- Negative Affectivity
- Detachment
- Antagonism
- Disinhibition vs Compulsivity
- Psychoticism
1 min
Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Preoccupied with Trustworthiness of Friends
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Pervasive Mistrust of Others
- Constant Suspicion
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Reads Threatening Meanings in Benign Remarks
- Reluctant to Confide
- Perceives Attacks on Character
- Grudges
2 mins
Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Few Pleasurable Activities
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Lacks Interest in Social Relationships
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Lack Close Friends
- Indifferent to Praise
- Chooses Solitary Activities
- Little Interest in Sex
- Emotional Coldness or Detachment
2 mins
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Socially Awkward
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Mistrustful
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Eccentricity
- Magical Thinking
- Bizarre Thinking and Speech
- Suspicious
- Detachment
1 min
Borderline Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
- Poor Self Image
- Unstable Goals, Aspirations, Career Plans
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Fear of Abandonment
- Unable to Maintain Relationships
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Unstable Mood
- Splitting
- Self-destructive Behaviors
- Anxiety
- Suicidal Thoughts
2 mins
Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Discomfort if Not Center of Attention
- Dressing for Attention
- Flirtatious, Provocative Behavior
- Shallow and Labile Emotions
- Theatrical or Dramatic
- Impressionistic Speech
- Impressionable
- Overestimates Intimacy in Relationships
2 mins
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Increased Self-Importance
- Inflation of Accomplishments
- Often Angered when Criticized
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Little Interest in Others' Experiences
- No Empathy
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Grandiosity
- Demands the Best
- Requires Admiration of Others
2 mins
Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self-Functioning
- Ego-centrism
- Disregards Rights of Others
- Self-esteem from Personal Gain
- Interpersonal Functioning
- No Empathy
- No Intimacy
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Antagonism
- Manipulates Others
- Hostility
- Disinhibition
- > 18 years of age
2 mins
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self-Functioning
- Identity Derived from Work or Productivity
- Inflexible Standards
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Unable to See or Understand Ideas of Others
- Controlling
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Perfectionism
- Only One Right Way
- Perseveration
2 mins
Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Feelings of Shame or Inadequacy
- Low Self-Esteem
- Social Withdrawal
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Desires Relationships with Others
- Poor Reaction to Criticism
- Hypersensitive to Rejection
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Anhedonia
- Anxiety
2 mins
Dependent Personality Disorder
- Personality Functioning
- Self Functioning
- Difficulty Making Own Decisions
- Interpersonal Functioning
- Uncomfortable Being Alone
- Urgently Seeks New Relationships After Breakups
- Pathological Personality Traits
- Allow Others to Make Decisions
- Exaggerated Fear of Being Unable to Care for Self
- Difficulty Expressing Disagreement
- Difficulty Starting New Projects
- Excessive Lengths to Obtain Nurturance
2 mins
Acting Out
- Mechanism
- Subconscious
- Type of defense
- Immature Ego Defense Mechanism
- Result
- Actions Rather Than Reflections
1 min
Denial
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Avoidance Of Pain
- Example
- Drunk-Driving
1 min
Displacement
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Redirection
1 min
Intellectualization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Leukemic Patient Intellectualizing
1 min
Passive Aggression
- Characteristics
- Indirect Expression of Opposition
- Immature Ego Defense
- Associations
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Projection
- Definition
- Attributing Unacceptable Internal Impulse To Others
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Person With Hostile Feelings Accusing Others Of Hostility Or Anger
2 mins
Rationalization
- Definition
- Justifying Unacceptable Behavior Using Seemingly Logical Explanation
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Breaking Diet Because It's The Weekend
2 mins
Reaction Formation
- Characteristics
- Actions Oppose Feelings
- Immature Ego Defense
- Unconscious Process
- Exaggerated Behavior
- Reverse Cinderella Story
- Immature Sublimation
1 min
Regression
- Characteristics
- Reversion to a Younger State
- Immature Ego Defense
- Involuntary
- Stress-Induced
- Opposite of Fixation
1 min
Splitting
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Association
- Borderline Personality Disorder
1 min
Sublimation
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Unconscious
- Example
- Socially Acceptable
1 min
Altruism
- Mechanism
- Unconscious And Conscious
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Making Donation
59 secs
Suppresion
- Mechanism
- Intentional
- Mature Ego Defense
- Example
- Switching Focus
2 mins
Humor
- Mechanism
- Mature Ego Defense
- Lightheartedly Expressing
- Example
- Jokes
1 min
Fixation
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Tantrum
59 secs
Idealization
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Defense Mechanism
- Example
- Idealization
1 min
Identification
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Unconscious Mimicking
1 min
Repression
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- Memory Loss
1 min
Isolation (of Affect)
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Immature Ego Defense
- Example
- No Emotional Response
1 min
Dissociation
- Clinical Manifestations
- Memory Loss
- Changes In Personality
- Mechanism
- Unconscious
- Physical or Sexual Abuse
- Immature Ego Defense
1 min
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