Personality Disorders

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Your first patient of the day comes into your office with his wife and she recounts that he is constantly video taping the garbage collector because he suspects he is an undercover CIA agent. He also has been cold and hostile with many of his relationships, often commenting on how he "can't trust anyone anymore." After further history taking you diagnose the patient with paranoid personality disorder. What would be the best way to respond to the patient's suspicions? Acknowledge the patient's concerns but neither reinforce nor dispute them "Play along" with the patients suspicions Tell the patient his suspicions are completely ridiculous Immediately prescribe electroconvulsive therapy

2. The next patient who enters your office listed her profession as "The manager of finance" at the company she works at. When asked about her job she stated, "I am the most important person at the office. Without me the company I work for would crash and burn." When you interview the patient's husband he tells you that she is actually just one of hundreds of accountants at her company. Which disorder do you suspect? Paranoid Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

3. Your next patient enters your office with her mother. She is wearing a short skirt and a plunging blouse. As soon as she sees you she smiles and asks, "How do I look?" When you interview her mother, the patient becomes uncomfortable and quickly interrupts and shifts the conversation back towards herself. Throughout the course of the visit she laughed, cried and became excessively angry. Which disorder do you diagnose? Avoidant Personality Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder

4. Your next patient is brought into your office in the custody of police officers. It seems he recently burned down a building and is being forced to undergo psychological evaluation. While interviewing the patient you find he has a history of cruelty to animals as well as lying and stealing. Which personality disorder comes to mind? Schizotypal Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder

5. Your busy day gets busier as your next patient, a 30 year old male, comes into your office and offers you "magic crystals" that will heal any ailment. During your interview he interrupts you and says, "Wait, do you feel that? An invisible force just came into the room." He has never had any hallucinations and gives a clear history. Which personality disorder is most likely? Schizotypal Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder

6. The next patient of the day you have seen many times before. She tends to threaten you with committing suicide whenever she feels slighted and has many cut marks on her arms. Some days she states, "You are the best doctor I have ever had!" while on other days she says, "I hate you! How did you even become a doctor?" Which disorder are you most likely treating her for? Borderline Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder

7. Your next patient comes into your office wearing a very nice shirt. You compliment him on it and he doesn't seem to care. In the interview you discover that he has very few relationships outside of his family but carries on an active fantasy life filled with friends and relatives. Which disorder is most likely? Avoidant Personality Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder

8. Your next patient is accompanied by her husband and it takes a good ten minutes to convince her to have the interview alone. During the interview you discover that the patient makes no decisions for herself without consulting with her husband. She frequently calls him to consult about what she can eat, wear and where she should go. She comments that it "drives him crazy, but I just feel like I need the reassurance." Which disorder does the patient likely have? Paranoid Personality Disorder Avoidant Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder

9. Your next patient is a middle age man who confesses to you that he has never married or even dated because of an intense fear of rejection. He works as a mail sorter in the basement of a large law firm where he feels he can do his job without fear of being criticized or disapproved of. He states that his thoughts are usually preoccupied with fears of someone rejecting him. Which disorder is this man suffering from? Avoidant Personality Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder

10. After a long day your final patient walks into your office. While talking with him you find that he is an extremely productive individual and takes pride in being orderly and in control. He finds it difficult to yield control over to you and your team but has improved since you saw him last. He is obsessed with perfection and has little empathy for those who can't "shape up." Which personality disorder have you been treating him for? Dependent Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder