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What are the personality traits associated with borderline personality disorder?
With borderline personality disorder, you have an intense fear of abandonment or instability, and you may have difficulty tolerating being alone. Yet inappropriate anger, impulsiveness and frequent mood swings may push others away, even though you want to have loving and lasting relationships.
Which behavior is characteristic of a patient diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
Antisocial personality disorder is a particularly challenging type of personality disorder characterised by impulsive, irresponsible and often criminal behaviour. Someone with antisocial personality disorder will typically be manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and will not care for other people's feelings.
Which behavior would the nurse identify as a feature of paranoid personality disorder?
Paranoid Personality Disorder.
This personality is characterized by pervasive mistrust and suspiciousness of others; clients with this disorder interpret others actions as potentially harmful.
Which behavior is the nurse likely to find in a patient diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder?
constantly seeking attention and admiration. being very sensitive to stress. superiority, specifically towards people perceived as 'lower' in status. inflated sense of entitlement.