Question

There are 10 personality disorders in the DSM-V. Your textbook discusses how they are organized into three clusters. Distinguish among the three clusters of personality disorders A, B, and C. For each cluster: 1) provide an identifying descriptive label for the cluster; 2) provide a brief one-sentence description of ow the disorders influence an individual's relationship with others; and 3) include the names of the personality under each of the three clusters (e.g., Cluster A includes the following personality disorders, Cluster B...., Cluster C,).

Answer 1

The three clusters of personality disorders are:

1. Cluster A: also referred to as the odd as well as eccentric cluster. Personality disorders that occur are schizoid, paranoid, schizotypal, one of the common feature is social awkwardness as well as social withdrawal.
2. Cluster B: also referred to as the dramatic, erratic and emotional cluster. These people are unpredictable in their behavior or in their thinking. These would be including borderline personality disorders, antisocial personality disorders, narcissistic personality disorders as well as histrionic personality disorders.
3. Cluster C: this is referred to as being anxious as well as fearful. People in this condition would be dependent, avoidant, obsessive compulsive. These include avoidant personality disorder.

Personality disorders and clusters are:

1. Paranoid personality disorder: cluster A. Person would be showing pervasive distrust as well as suspicion. They would be having unjustified suspicion and belief. And would not be confiding in other people.
2. Schizoid personality disorder(cluster A.): these would be having limited emotional expression. They would be having the inability to be taking pleasure in maximum of the activities. They might appear to be cold to other people.
3. Schizotypal disorder (cluster A.): they would be having peculiar thinking or beliefs or behaviours. Their emotions would be flat and would be having inappropriate responses. They might also think that some causal incidents would be having hidden messages.
4. Antisocial personality disorder (cluster B): these People would be disregarding the feelings of other people. They might having persistent law problems, impulsive behaviours and lack of remorse.
5. Borderline personality disorder (cluster B): they might be displaying unstable as well as fragile behaviors. Also, they may have intense relationships, suicidal threats or behavior. There may be intense fear of being abandoned
6. Histrionic personality disorders (cluster B): they might constantly seek attention. They would be easily influenced by other people. They might display excessive concern with respect to the physical appearance. They might get easily influenced by other people.
7. Narcissistic personality disorders (cluster B): they have a habit of exaggerating their talents or achievements. They may be arrogant. They may failure to recognise the feelings of other people.
8. Avoidant personality disorders (cluster C) : they may be too sensitive to rejection or criticism. They might feel unattractive. They may fear ridicule or have a fear of embarrassment
9. Dependent personality disorder (cluster C): they might be having excessive dependence on other people and they might feel that there’s a need to take care. They might display submissive behaviors or clingy behaviors towards other people. They might fear disapproval and have a difficulty in disagreeing other people.
10. Obsessive compulsive disorder (cluster C): preoccupation with rules, orderliness or details. Extreme levels of perfectionism, that would result in dysfunctions or distress. Having the desire to be controlling more number of people. Rigid as well as stubborn And the inability in discarding worthless objects.