Personality Disorders Mnemonic

Mnemonics forselect eddsm ili r and dsm iv dison denshave previously been described 1 2 this paper presents acronyms developed tohelp clinicians learn and recollect criteria for dsm iv personality disorders theacronyms reflect afacet ofthein respective dis orders.

Personality disorders mnemonic. Weird wacky and worried. Uncontrolled wildness uncontrolled wildness cluster c disorder c oward avoidant type c ompulsive obsessive compulsive type or c lingy dependent type. Each acronym reflects a facet of the related disorder. That ll help you keep the personality disorders straight on your shelf exam.

Hypersensitive to rejection compulsive. Remember the three w s. Mnemonic for personality disorders. The mnemonics are acronyms and each letter is associated with a specific criterion.

The mnemonics have been used to teach students and residents the conceptual nature of dsm iv disorders and to help them remember the criteria. The criteria of generalised anxiety disorder gad can be remembered by the mnemonic watcher modified by the author from the original mnemonic watchers 68 w orry and a nxiety t ime for at least 6 months. Obsessive compulsive inflexible but inefficient obsessive compulsive personality disorder. Learn personality disorder mnemonics with free interactive flashcards.

Mnemonics for diagnosing personality disorders. Here s a mnemonic for the personality disorders. Choose from 500 different sets of personality disorder mnemonics flashcards on quizlet. U nforgiving bears grudges s uspicious.

Ego syntonic happy with how. For example the acronym for the diagnostic criteria for paranoid personality disorder is suspect and for histrionic personality disorder it is praise me. Schizoid schizoids avoid schizotypal typal are magical paranoid. S pousal infidelity suspected.

Mnemonics have been used by various segments ofthemedical pro fession 1 3. Cluster b disorder beast.