PERSONALITY DISORDERS – CLUSTER C
PERSONALITY DISORDERS – CLUSTER C
- Disorders included:
- Avoidant personality disorder.
- Dependent personality disorder.
- Obsessive compulsive personality disorder.
1. Avoidant personality disorder:
- Excessively sensitive to rejection.
- Afraid of criticizism & rejection in social situations.
- Tend to remain socially withdrawn.
- Unwilling to enter into relationship without strong guarantee of uncritical acceptance.
- In ICD- I0 classified as anxious personality disorder”.
- Management:
- Psychotherapy.
- Beta-blockers & (SSRIs).
2. Dependent personality disorder:
- Dependent patients for everyday decisions.
- Major life decisions taken by someone else.
- Hear excessive amount of advice & reassurance from others.
- Difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support.
- Very uncomfortable & helpless when alone.
- Management:
- Psychotherapy.
- Benzodiazepines & (SSRIs).
3. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder:
- Preoccupied patientswith rules & regulations.
- Excessive importance to details.
- Show perfectionism interfering with task completion.
- Inflexible & insist that others agree to their demands.
- Excessively devoted to work.
- No time for leisure activities.Formal & serious.
- Lack sense of humor.
- In ICD-10 , classified as “anankastic personality disorder”.
- Management psychotherapy.
Exam Important
- In dependent personality disorder patients are dependent for everyday decisions.
- In avoidant personality disorder patients are excessively sensitive to rejection.
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