Personality and Mood Disorders Q 27

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Which of the following characteristics or situations is indicated when a client with borderline personality disorder has a crisis?

  

     A. Antisocial behavior

     B. Suspicious behavior

     C. Relationship problems

     D. Auditory hallucinations

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Relationship problems

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Relationship problems can precipitate a crisis because they bring up issues of abandonment. Clients with borderline personality disorder aren’t usually suspicious; they’re more likely to be depressed or highly anxious.

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Option A: Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a deeply ingrained and rigid dysfunctional thought process that focuses on social irresponsibility with exploitive, delinquent, and criminal behavior with no remorse. Disregard for and the violation of others’ rights are common manifestations of this personality disorder, which displays symptoms that include failure to conform to the law, inability to sustain consistent employment, deception, manipulation for personal gain, and incapacity to form stable relationships.

Option B: Individuals with paranoid personality disorder typically experience symptoms that interfere with daily life. In general, people with this condition feel suspicious of others. While this mistrust is unfounded, their distrust of others makes it difficult to form relationships and can interfere with many aspects of life including at home, at school, and at work. People with PPD do not see their behaviors as out of the ordinary but are perceived by others as hostile and suspicious.

Option D: Derived from the Greek ‘schizo’ (splitting) and ‘phren’ (mind) with the term first coined by Eugen Bleuler in 1908, schizophrenia is a functional psychotic disorder characterized by the presence of delusional beliefs, hallucinations, and disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior.

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