PERSONALITY
DISORDER
IT IS A GROUP OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT ARE
CHARACTERIZED BY INFLEXIBLE AND TYPICAL PATTERNS OF
THINKING, FEELING AND BEHAVING. THESE INNER
EXPERIENCES AND BEHAVIORS OFTEN DIFFER FROM THE
EXPECTATIONS OF THE CULTURE IN WHICH SOMEONE LIVES.
Types of Personal Disorder
Cluster A Personality Cluster B Personality
Disorder Disorder
It is characterized
It characterized by dramatic,
by odd, eccentric overly emotional or
thinking or unpredictable thinking or
behavior. behavior.
Causes
Genes:
Certain personality traits may be
passed on to us by our parents
through inherited genes. These
traits are sometimes called
temperament.
Risk Factors
Family history of personality
disorders or other mental illness
Abusive, unstable or chaotic family
life during childhood
Treatment Management
is at the core of care for personality
disorder; because it produce symptoms
as a result of poor or limited coping
Psychotherapy
skills, psychotherapy aims to improve
perceptions of and responses to social
and environmental stressors.
Because the underlying disorder
remains basically unchanged by
inpatient interventions, length of stay
Inpatient care
should be minimized to avoid
dependency that subverts recovery
from the circumstances prompting the
hospitalization.
Some patients hospitalized in the
psychiatric units of general hospitals,
Transfers
where stays are generally shorter than 2
weeks, may require transfer to psychiatric
hospitals that can provide long-term care.
Health Education
• Be an active participant
in your care.
• Take your medications
as directed.
• Learn about your
condition.
Cluster C Personality
Disorder
It is characterized by
anxious, fearful
thinking or behavior.
Environment:
This involves the surroundings you
grew up in, events that occurred,
and relationships with family
members and others.
Being diagnosed with
childhood conduct disorder
Variations in brain chemistry
and structure
Medication Management
The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
and newer antidepressants are safe and
reasonable effective; however, because the
depression of most patients with personality
Antidepressants disorders stems from their limited range of
coping capacities, antidepressants are usually
less effective than in patients with uncomplicated
major depression.
These agents are useful for stabilizing the
affective extremes in patients with bipolar
disorder, but they are less effective in doing so
Anticonvulsants
in patients with personality disorders; they
have some demonstrated efficacy in
suppressing impulsive and particularly
aggressive behavior in patients with
personality disorder.
Response to antipsychotics in patients
with a personality disorder is less dramatic
Antipsychotics
than it is in true psychotic axis I disorders,
but symptoms such as anxiety, hostility,
and sensitivity to rejection may be
reduced.
• Get active.
• Avoid drugs and
alcohol.
• Get routine medical
care.