Exam 13: Personality Disorders

Clarita has very few friends and does not wish to make more friends. She appears indifferent to other people, aloof, and a loner. Which of the following personality disorders is the best diagnosis for Clarita?

A major problem that remains in diagnosing personality disorders is:

Durbin and Klein (2006) examined the stability of personality diagnoses in a mood disorder population and found that:

Barkley is perceived by others to be very selfish, and often seems to lack remorse for his misdeeds. He often uses and exploits others for his own benefit. Which scale of the PCL-R would Barkley score highly on?

Discuss the rationale for including personality disorders in the DSM-5.

Which theory focuses on the antisocial personality trait characteristic of being unresponsive to punishments for misbehaviour?

Examinations of the autonomic nervous systems of psychopaths in stressful situations have shown:

The diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder most often co-occurs with which other personality disorder?

Studies of psychopathy by Canadian researcher Robert Hare have shown that psychopaths, in comparison to non-psychopaths, have all of the following EXCEPT:

A history of abuse in linked most clearly with:

According to the DSM-5 diagnosis, adults with antisocial personality disorder must have shown problems such as running away, truancy, and theft prior to age:

The finding that psychopaths' heart rates increase when they anticipate stressful stimuli has been interpreted by Hare (1978) and others to mean:

Originally, the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder meant the border between ________________ and _________________

Hopwood et al. (2009) reported the following on individuals with borderline personality disorder:

Diagnosis of avoidant personality disorder is most comorbid with which other personality disorder?

One goal of Kernberg's object-relations psychotherapy for borderline personality is to overcome the patient's defence of

In contrast to previous results, recent data from Montreal collected by Paris over a 27-year period indicate that:

Narcissistic personality disorder is more common than histrionic personality disorder.

Dependent personality disorder is more prevalent in North America than elsewhere in the world.

The movie Girl Interrupted portrayed Susanna Kaysen (played by Winona Ryder) as a person suffering from: