Case Study

Alex is a pilot in the Navy that is very proud of his military discipline and high standards. He came to see Dr Paul after he bombarded a school in Baghdad thinking that it was an insurgent safe house. As soon as Alex gets in the doctor’s office, he adopts an arrogant position and almost does not let Dr Paul talk. Alex tests Paul all the time, trying to control the topic of the

Have you ever met someone or known someone who seemed completely devoid of emotion or empathy? Did you ever wonder why they were this way, or did you just assume they were cold or callous because they were only concerned with themselves and nobody else? If you thought this way, then you a probably like most of us and were not aware that they may suffer from a personality disorder known as, “Alexithymia.” In this paper, I will discuss Alexithymia, symptoms, conditions that may be caused by Alexithymia, treatments, and provide some examples of patients that have this disorder.

At first, I had absolutely no idea the Alex was nervous until I reread and scrutinized the chapter, I found serval places where he showed signs of nervousness and depression. The first time he showed nervousness, was when he kept thinking of all the possibilities that could go wrong. Of all people, I think that I would be the master at knowing nervousness. For example: At the end year of the 2014-2015 school year, we were assigned workbook pages worth a test grade. For everybody else this wasn’t a huge deal, but it was for me. I had an eighty in the class and my test average was high. That meant, anything below a ninety-five, would cause me to fail. If I failed, I wouldn’t be allowed to come back to Davidson! Since it was assigned, I couldn’t do anything but think of the worst possibilities, just like Alex. Just like Alex screwed up by blowing his cover, I screwed up by not answering a question, but just like he covered it up, I did too. Except I got caught and received a ninety-nine. Luckily, Alex hasn’t gotten caught and I hope he

When I sat down to interview Alex Knight he was extremely laid back, answering my questions with statements like, um I don’t know, maybe etc., he seemed really unsure of most things. I had to dig deep into his life to really understand him.

Prior to this moment, Alex is released from an experimental rehabilitation treatment to make him incapable of doing wrong. Alex has a solid commitment to the ideals of violence and has aesthetic pleasure he takes in his crimes. The delight he finds in classical music closely relates to the joy he feels during acts of violence and elevates his brutal behaviour. He believes evil represents a natural state for human beings. The State, who seeks to deny him of the decisions to act cruelly, encroaches on his freedom as a person. Thus, in choosing savagery, Alex ultimately affirms his sense of self. He never truly understands his entitlement. At the end of the treatment, he deprives the ability to make moral choices

The analysis reveals Alex as the character that demonstrates a Psychopathic disorder, particularly, the borderline personality disorder. This follows her one-night affair with Dan, a happily married businessman who has a daughter, Ellen and the wife, Beth. Throughout the film, Alex’s disorder is demonstrated by stalking Dan at every level in an endless attempt to alienate him with his family after they shared a weekend when Beth and Ellen are away. Dan thought his adulterous action would be sealed at it would only be a one-night affair, but Alex feels otherwise as seen even before the end of the weekend. When he made clear to Alex that they would never go far with the affair, Alex fiercely rejects the proposal, but Dan would not relent and hence, instigates the borderline personality

Alex first came to the Drama program as a young freshman who quickly proved her mettle on crew assignments like spackling, painting, and building the set. She is a sponge when it comes to retaining information, which became very clear when we put her in our antiquated lighting booth. Not only did she learn how to do the lights, she learned how to master and manipulate them and is currently the expert in both lighting and sound at South Aiken High School. By her junior year, she was running the backstage area and was heavily involved in both set design and production management. She worked on set design in both her junior and senior years, while also spending a majority of her time training others on set. She is, in many respects, the glue that holds the group together because she is ready for anything and to do anything to make the production

Being promoted to a Sr. Associate positions has given Alex a unique opportunity to influence the quality of work produced by James. Working as a peer has given Alex a first-hand view of James performance under different conditions. Alex understands that the approach she takes can drastically impact the effectiveness of the messages she delivers. The effectiveness of supervisor feedback can be impacted by the relationship with the employee and perception of employee motives, (Huang, Zhao, Niu, Ashford & Lee, 2013). In order to reach James, Alex will need to understand her own personality and figure out the best way to adapt her style to him. Out of the four coaching styles, Alex should adopt a persuasive coaching style to recreate conditions in which James has produced quality work.

Alex is married, has a wife and two children, but since taking his position as the plant manager in Bearington, things have not been going well at home. In fact, as we find out, for many years Alex has been neglecting his wife and children in favor of long work hours. Alex’s wife confronts him about his absenteeism but he does not seem to get the point, rather he feels that she is adding to his pressure at work. To top it all off, his boss,

Alex is seen by many as fun, approachable and "always there to talk or help when you need it". Leadership team members comment that Alex quickly deals with any issues that arise (specifics were not clear). One individual sees the Leadership Team as "almost a family" thanks to Alex's care and leadership.

. . there's no law nor order no more" pg 14. He takes on a role of authority in a society of anarchy. Although he is impervious to the choice of good, Alex does not remain ignorant to this choice throughout the entire novel. In the beginning, he believes that violence is the only way to prove his control. This then leads to his loss of control through the loss of his ability of choice. Only in the very end Alex finally become a well-rounded character. He realizes that he does not have to choose evil and abuse his position to prove his right of choice. "But where I itty now, O my brothers, is all on my oddy knocky, where you cannot go. Tomorrow is all like sweet flowers? pg 148. Alex now knows that his future is open for his choices to lead him. For good or for evil, it is his right to decide, and this is what truly proves his freedom of choice.

I would like to compliment you one something I personally find challenging, and that is being clear and concise in what your trying to portray to your audience, so well-done Christopher! Within the context of Alex Masket’s mental health disorder I as well concluded that he was suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorder based on not just his social impairment and interaction but in addition was the discovery of the breath-taking talent he obtained artistically. I feel though that “Team Alex” is not so much for monitoring behavior but more so for positively reinforcing people like him in a way that would encourage and promote his health. One of the questions you did ask in relation to him needing around the clock watch when he has this unbailable

* Alex doesn’t consider others opinion which sometimes suppresses their confidence, leading to less job satisfaction which is a major determinant of an employee’s organizational behaviour, increasing absenteeism, turnover and thereby leading to negligible Organization Citizenship Behaviour.

The personality that is portrayed by Alex is that he is the best and no one can do it better. This type of personality causes a problem in communication and has a negative effect on stakeholder and other members of upper-management. Understandably his direct supervisor, Sam Glass wants to keep Alex on his team because of his performance of meeting the project goals and finishing them on time and in budget. Unfortunately Glass is receiving negative comments from his colleagues over Alex’s negative personality when dealing with members of the organization.

His emotional struggles are shown throughout as he chooses evil over good. For example, when Alex was inside Mrs. Jones’ apartment and he was struggling with his moral values whether or not to shoot her. Alex has also never met his parents so he has only imaginary visuals of them, with the facts his Uncle told him. He is eager to discover the truth about both his parents, and has a struggle in making the decision whether to switch sides to work with Scorpia. Alex is only fighting himself as he wants to find out more about his parents, but does not want to betray the MI6. In the end, the conflict was resolved by Alex switching sides and deciding to betray Scorpia, with the help of the