Lecture

1. By
Dr Zulkiflu Musa Argungu

2. PERSONALITY
Personality
patterns of
consists of
thinking,
enduring
feeling,
habitual
behaving,
relating and determining a person’s reaction
namely
and
the inner
the outer
to the two worlds
psychological world
environment.

3. WHAT, THEN, IS A PERSONALITY DISORDER…??

4. PERSONALITY DISORDERS
•According to WHO abnormal personality can be
defined as “deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns
of behavior, continuing throughout the most of
adult life, although often becoming less obvious in
middle or old age”.
•F60-F69 : Disorders of adult personality and
behavior

75. FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS

76. FAMOUS PEOPLE WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• Paranoid personality disorder:
Dale Gribble (King of the Hill)
• Narcissistic personality disorder:
Donald Trump
• Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder:
Adrian Monk (character)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Martin Scorsese
David Beckham
Billy Bob Thornton
• Pscyhopathy personality disorder:
John Wayne Gacy Jr
Charles Manson
• Borderlinepersonality disorder:
Princess Diana
Marilyn Monroe
Megan Fox
Adolph Hitler
• Schizotypal personality disorder:
Willy Wonka (character)
The Narrator (Fight Club)
Emily Dickinson
Vincent Van Gogh
Nicolas Cage
• Avoidant personality disorder:
Howie Mandel
• Histrionic personality disorder:
Erica Kane
Scarlett O’Hara
• Dependent personality disorder:
Buster in Arrested Development
Bill Dauterive (King of the Hill)
Antisocial personality disorder:
Hitler
Saddam Hussein
Eric & Dylan – Kids from Columbine Massacre

82. NURSING INTERVENTIONS
• Observe patient’s behavior frequently.do this during routine activities and
interaction ; avoid appearing watchful suspicious
• Secure a verbal contract from patient that he will seek out staff members for
help when urge for self-mutilation is felt
• If self-mutilation occurs, care for patient’s wounds in matter-of fact manner.
Do not give positive reinforcement to this behavior by offering sympathy or
additional attention. Assign staff on a one-to-one basis if need arises.
• Encourage patient to talk about feelings he was having just prior to this
behavior. Act as a role model for appropriate expression of angry feelings.
Give positive reinforcement when attempts to confirm are made.

83. NURSING INTERVENTIONS
• Set limits on acting out behavior.
• Rotate staff who works with the patient to prevent developing
dependence on particular staff member.
• Explore feelings that relate to fear of abandonment. Help patient
understand that these fears are causing his clinging and distancing
behaviors. Help patient understand how these behaviours interfere
with satisfactory relations.