Personality Disorders — MCQs

Thanatophobia is defined as:

Oddities of speech, mannerism, and clothing, along with magical thinking, are characteristic features of which personality disorder?

A 20-year-old girl who enjoys wearing male clothes reports that doing so provides her with a feeling of increased confidence. Following these episodes, she returns to her normal self. What is the likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is a characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder?

Which of the following is not a compulsive and habit-forming disorder?

Impulsivity, angry outbursts, unstable relationships, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal tendencies are characteristic of which personality disorder?

Which of the following is a type of temperament?

An 18-year-old girl presents to the emergency department after cutting her wrist with a shaving razor. She has multiple superficial cuts, which have been dressed. The patient states that she did not intend to kill herself and that 'physical pain numbs my psychological pain.' This episode was triggered by a fight with her boyfriend. Her mother reports a history of multiple similar episodes of self-harm and several short-lived relationships. The mother further describes the patient as consistently moody and unpredictable. What is the psychotherapy of choice for this patient?

Which of the following personality disorders is characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, lack of empathy, and need for admiration?

A young lady was admitted after taking an overdose of diazepam following a relationship breakup. She has a previous history of self-harm by wrist-slitting. What is the most likely diagnosis?