Patrick's Cluster A Case Study

Personality Disorder: Andy is 26 years old. He says that his family has told him that he is too self-absorbed and arrogant. He says that he thinks that his family is wrong. He believes that his family only says these things because they are jealous of him and wish that they could be more like him. Andy says that he has lost some friends because they said he was not empathetic to them and it always seemed like he was putting them down, but Andy said that he is just very truthful and honest with them.

The avoidant behavior an individual uses creates a lack of a human relationship. The less a person develops a relationship with someone, the more alone they will be. Avoidant behaviors include most of the social anxiety characteristics such as, lack of eye contact, preferred aloneness, and inability to hold a conversation. Claire uses avoidant behaviors such as lack of eye contact and lack of ability to create a relationship with an individual, specifically her roommates. As demonstrated with Claire, she gets invited to social gathering but continues to decline. The more she declines the less her roommates are going to ask her to participate with them, thus the cycle of social

When I see myself, I see a shy introvert that is terrified of humiliating herself in public. I relate to certain characters such as Bella Swan of Twilight, Juno, and Shrek. I’m shy, quiet, and social interaction terrifies me. However I also like the excitement I get from it. I have anxiety. Some days i need human interaction to keep me sane and others I physically cannot stand being around other people. i guess you could say that not only am i a social outcast, but i'm also a social butterfly.

Now let us take our binoculars and watch as Evan’s life goes on, but I will have to warn you now, something dreadful awaits. Consider Evan age 6; it’s his first pee-wee soccer tournament and him and his teammates are running with the ball, making their way down the field

The main features of anti-social personality disorder are a continual disregard and/or violation for the rights of others, controlling or manipulative behavior, and deceit. Patients with anti-social personality disorder also tend to be impulsive, emotionally unstable, suspicious, hostile, self-absorbed, grandiose, blame others for their problems, and have attention deficiencies.

The three main clusters of personality disorders are odd and eccentric behavior, dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior, and anxious and fearful behavior. Cluster A, Odd and eccentric behavior are personality disorders characterized by social awkwardness and social withdrawal. These disorders show a stable pattern of remarkably unusual behavior and are commonly characterized by distorted thinking. An example is Paranoid Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of other people. Next cluster B is dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors and these disorders are characterized by shared problems with impulse control and emotional regulation. An example is Antisocial Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of other people that often manifests as hostility and/or aggression. Lastly, Cluster C is anxious and fearful behavior and these personality disorders are share a high level of anxiety and represent range of symptoms for abnormal manifestations of apprehensiveness, timid, or frightened behavior. An example is Avoidant Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and a hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. People with this disorder are intensely afraid that others will ridicule them, reject them, or criticize them.

How to diagnose friends and alienate people Psychologists place personality disorders into three clusters. There is Cluster A which share psychotic symptoms similar in Schizophrenia, these include: Paranoid, Schizoid and Schizotypal personality disorders. The second cluster focuses more on emotion, these include Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic personality disorders. The final cluster includes Avoidant, Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorders, which focus on factors similar in anxiety disorders. Each of these cluster require a minimum amount of symptoms shown the diagnostic charts, in order to be diagnosed with one of them. However it takes a trained professionally to truly diagnose a patient. This is because people who look in their life will see many of their family and friends with symptoms of a personality disorder.

This person may also have a come and go attitude which is what we discussed in class as someone who is social and quickly becomes anti social because they do not know what they truly want or they simply do not know how to interact with certain individuals or how to react in situations.

He shows no interest in social interaction when someone attempts to engage with him, he will resort to withdrawing.

Countless amounts of studies have been made regarding the psychological well-being of a subject and their immediate surroundings. These studies have been made by investigating the background of an affected victim, or they have been conducted with the parents permission over a course of time. Although many psychological disorders, such as personality disorders and serial killer personas are created from their environment, not all of these disorders evolve into a serial killer mindset (Rebecca Taylor). In fact, symptoms are often very similar and are quite hard to distinguish from certain malicious personas. This symptom that is found within all mentally deficient individuals is known as ASPD. ASPD is also commonly known as the anti-social disorder,

These symptoms can be seen as similar to borderline personality disorder and Schizophrenia, making it quite difficult to correctly diagnose a person with their corresponding disorder. People who may be questioning themselves as to whether to not they have this disorder, they should take in mind what they are thinking towards others, how they feel in certain situations and if they have the ability to trust anyone in general. Also, individuals with PPD can appear cold as they tend to avoid being close with others and may even behave in a hostile, sarcastic and angrily manner. Most times, people who can be classified with this disorder do not always realize that they are experiencing abnormal behavior and that it is normal to be suspicious

Out of ten classified personality disorders, borderline personality disorder stands out as the most commonly diagnosed, among the most complex, one of the most studied, and is seen as one of the most devastating of the personality disorders (Gunderson, 2011). Borderline personality disorder in essence, “is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Personality disorders can be grouped into one of three different clusters based on their descriptive similarities. Borderline personality disorder falls into Cluster B, which includes antisocial, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders as well. Individuals diagnosed with a disorder from this cluster set all have traits of appearing dramatic, emotional, or erratic (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, categorizes Avoidant Personality Disorder as a Cluster C personality disorder, and defines the disorder as, “a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts”

Description The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013) defines personality disorders as a pattern of internal experience and behavior that greatly differs from what is normally expected in the person’s culture. They are also considered omnipresent and inflexible that is stable and causes both distress and impairment. Antisocial personality disorder is a severe disorder of personality. It is a disorder that helps compromise the dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders, also known as the Cluster B disorders. The Cluster B disorders are also composed of borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and histrionic personality disorder. The

Everyone has noticed that there is at least that one person who seems like they just don’t fit in. They seem like they are not enjoying their selves and they look like they would rather be somewhere else. They are the ones who sit in the background and idly watch everything that goes on around them. Their hardly ever seen verbally or physically communicating to other human beings. These are the some of the characteristics of someone who has a social disorder such as anti-social personality disorder.