Psych Exam 2: Personality Disorders

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Across
  1. 4. C — The "Worried" cluster, which includes the Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorders.
  2. 7. — An excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation.
  3. 9. — A term for symptoms (common in OCD) that are recognized as excessive and "out of sync" with the individual's self-image.
  4. 11. — Acute discomfort with close relationships accompanied by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities.
  5. 14. — A pattern of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a significant lack of empathy.
  6. 15. — A pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
  7. 16. — Characterized by excessive emotionality and attention seeking, often including theatrical or seductive behavior.
  8. 19. — The "O" in OCPD; a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control.
  9. 20. — A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent.
Down
  1. 1. — A psychological phenomenon where a patient redirects their feelings (often from past relationships) onto the clinician.
  2. 2. — A pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects.
  3. 3. — A clinical phenomenon that occurs when the clinician redirects their own feelings onto the patient.
  4. 5. — A pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15.
  5. 6. — The childhood disorder that 25–40% of the time develops into Antisocial PD in adulthood.
  6. 8. — A term for traits that are "in sync" with the self; the individual often doesn't see their behaviors as problematic.
  7. 10. — The specific type of Behavioral Therapy (DBT) that is the primary treatment for Borderline PD.
  8. 12. A — The "Weird" cluster, which includes the Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal personality disorders.
  9. 13. — A defense mechanism common in Borderline PD where thinking is "black and white," involving extremes of idealization and devaluation.
  10. 17. — A pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression in interpersonal settings.
  11. 18. B — The "Wild" cluster, which includes the Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic personality disorders.