PERSONALITY DISORDERS – CLUSTER B
PERSONALITY DISORDERS – CLUSTER Disorders included –
- Histrionic personality disorder.
- Narcissistic personality disorder.
- Antisocial personality disorder (dissocial personality disorder).
- Borderline personality disorder.
1. Histrionic personality disorder:
- Excitable & overtly emotional.
- Behave dramatic & extroverted way.
- Seek center of attention.
- Behave in sexually seductive manner.
- Use physical appearance to draw attention towards self.
- Management: Psychotherapy & antidepressants.
2. Narcissistic personality disorder:
- Have heightened sense of self-importance.
- Believing being special & very talented.
- Preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success & power.
- On condemn become angry or be indifferent.
- Fragile self-esteem.
- Susceptible to development of depression.
- Management: Psychotherapy & antidepressants.
3. Antisocial personality disorder (dissocial personality disorder):
- No regard for others; rights & frequently violate them.
- Involve in unlawful behaviors (theft, lying, truancy & conning).
- Lack of remorse or guilt.
- Substance use disorders observed.
- Management: Psychotherapy, carbamazepine & beta-blockers.
4. Borderline personality disorder:
- In ICD-10 – Subtype of broader diagnosis of “emotionally unstable personality disorder’.
- History of unstable relationships.
- Characteristic feature – Repetitive self destructive acts(slashing of wrists, or overdosage of medications).
- Impulsive nature.
- Always in state of crisis.
- Significant mood swings.
- Defense mechanism – Splitting (All good/none).
- Management: Psychotherapy, dialectical behavior therapy, antipsychotics, antidepressant & mood stabilizers.
Exam Important
- Antisocial personality disorder (dissocial personality disorder) patients involve in unlawful behaviors (theft, lying, truancy & conning).
- Borderline personality disorder have characteristic feature of repetitive self destructive acts(slashing of wrists, or overdosage of medications) 7 impulsive nature.
- Narcissistic personality disorder patients have heightened sense of self-importance.
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