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What is personality?
Description:
Characterized by an inability to form
warm, close social relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Assessment
Social detachment and lack of close
relationships
Interest in solitary activities
Relationship deficits
Paranoid personality
disorder
Description:
Characterized by suspiciousness
and mistrust of others
Paranoid personality
disorder
Assessment
Suspicious and distrusting
Argumentative
Hostile aloofness
others
Grandiosity
Histrionic personality
disorder
Description
Characterized by overly dramatic and
intensely expressive behavior
The client is lively and dramatic and
enjoys being the center of attention
Interpersonal relations may be poor
Histrionic personality
disorder
Assessment
Assessment
Marlon’s Syndrome
Attention seeking
Needs to be the center of attention
Sexually seductive or provocative
Self-dramatizing and theatrical
Overly concerned with appearance
Has romantic fantasies and controls
partners
Bores easily
Displays dependency
Narcissistic personality
disorders
Description
Characterized by an increased sense
of self-importance
The client is preoccupied with
Description:
Characterized by social withdrawal
Assessment
Feelings of inadequacy
Lacks autonomy
Description
The client has difficulty expressing
Assessment
Orderliness and perfectionism
Overly conscientious
rules
Devoted to work and lacks leisure
Description
A pattern of irresponsible and
antisocial behavior
Characterized by selfishness,
No shame or guilt
Self-centered
Unreliable
Easily bored
Poor judgment
Impulsive
Borderline personality disorder
Description
Characterized by instability in
unpredictable
Borderline personality disorder
Assessment
Unclear identity
Unstable and intense
Extreme shifts in mood
Easily angered
Easily bored
Argumentative
Depression
Self-destructive behavior
Manipulation
Unable to tolerate anxiety
Chronic feelings of emptiness and fear of
being alone
Splitting
Passive-aggressive personality
disorder
Description
Characterized by passively
Stubbornness
Intentional inefficiency
Forgetfulness
Dependency
Implementation
3. Behavioral therapy
Implementation for PD
Nursing Interventions
2. Maintain safe environment