Raskin - Chapter 12

ICD-10 equivalent of DSM-5’s obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; “anankastic” derives from the Greek word anankastikos, which means “compulsion.”

DSM-5 diagnosis describing people who consistently violate the rights of others; in addition to being deceitful, disregarding social norms, and often breaking the law, people with APD are reckless, irresponsible, and (in some cases) violent as they manipulate and exploit others.

ICD-10 equivalent of DSM-5’s avoidant personality disorder.

DSM-5 diagnosis for those who actively avoid social interactions because they are excessively worried about being criticized or rejected; these individuals want guaranteed acceptance from others.

Families characterized by interpersonal chaos in which family members don’t know how to nurture or support one another; three kinds of borderline families: enmeshed or overinvolved, alienated or rejecting, and idealizing or denying.

DSM-5 diagnosis describing people who show instability in their relationships, sense of self, and emotions; BPD clients have a difficult time regulating their own emotions and their feelings about self and others often shift rapidly.

Unique patterns of adaptive behavior that are relatively constant and enduring; sometimes used as a synonym for personality, but also defined independently of it.

Odd or eccentric personality disorders (paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal).

Dramatic, emotional, or erratic personality disorders (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic).

Anxious or fearful personality disorders (avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive).

DSM-5 and ICD-10 disorder describing those who desperately want to be cared for; lacking confidence in their own abilities, they regularly seek advice and reassurance from those around them.

CBT-influenced approach developed for borderline personality disorder that combines CBT skill-training with an emphasis on dialectics.

The rational process of reconciling opposites; important in dialectical behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder, in which patients often struggle to integrate conflicting thoughts and feelings.

Humanistic term that reframes psychological abnormality in a non-pathologizing and anti-diagnostic way; psychological problems are not attributed to mental disorder, but to a failure to receive the necessary and sufficient core conditions for self-actualization due to problems in early attachment relationships.

ICD-10 equivalent of antisocial personality disorder.