Mental Health and Psychology Personality Disorders 3

Question 1

How many personality disorders are classified in DSM-5 Cluster B?

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4

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3

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5

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2

Question 2

A patient shows a pervasive pattern of distrust and suspiciousness, believing others are exploiting or deceiving them, and reads threatening meanings into benign remarks. This is most consistent with:

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Paranoid PD

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Schizotypal PD

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Antisocial PD

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Borderline PD

Question 3

Which personality disorder is found at increased rates in biological relatives of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, suggesting a genetic link to the schizophrenia spectrum?

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Schizotypal PD

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Schizoid PD

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Paranoid PD

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Borderline PD

Question 4

Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), developed by Fonagy and Bateman, was created primarily to treat which personality disorder?

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Borderline PD

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Narcissistic PD

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Antisocial PD

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Avoidant PD

Question 5

Among all personality disorders, which is associated with the highest rate of suicide attempts, with estimates of approximately 70–75% of patients making at least one attempt?

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Borderline PD

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Antisocial PD

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Narcissistic PD

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Dependent PD

Question 6

A key distinction between Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Hare's concept of psychopathy is that:

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Psychopathy additionally captures interpersonal and affective traits not required by ASPD

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ASPD requires a prior criminal conviction

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ASPD emphasizes interpersonal-affective features more than psychopathy

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Psychopathy requires onset of conduct disorder before age 15

Question 7

Otto Kernberg's object relations theory of Borderline Personality Disorder centers on which core concept?

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Identity diffusion and use of primitive defense mechanisms

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Biochemical dysregulation of the limbic system

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Learned helplessness and maladaptive cognitive schemas

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Social skills deficits and operant conditioning patterns