The Personality Disorder Case Study

Abnormal behavior relates to the influence of psychological factors, biological factors as well as the social factors referring to inadequate relationships. In the face of diverse definition, abnormal behavior refers to the deviating from norm, which norm is the typical behavior or characteristic of the population. As such, Jim behavior is abnormal because it violates moral and conventional mores of the society (Violates societal standards), as such causing social discomfort to others. For instance, Jim fails to recognize the social cues in conversation thereby annoying other interlocutors. Jim is this case is behaving in a manner counterproductive to his own well being by

Undergraduate students enrolled in introductory personality psychology courses at The Pennsylvania State University from the Altoona and University Park campuses will be recruited for participation. All students enrolled in the courses will be required to complete the procedure for this study to earn a grade in the course, however, they will be required to give their consent to use their data in the present study in exchange for extra credit in the course. Those who do not consent to use their data will be omitted from the study and will be offered an alternative course assignment to earn the same amount of extra credit as those who opted to participate. Each participant’s age, race, and gender will be collected for use for comparison

History is full of tales of famous criminals, with the most brutal committing mass murder, both political and domestic. However, what is now called 'serial ' killing is something different. While there are those who hurt people or murder for profit or motive, serials killers murder for neither; their murders are rage based and usually filled with no remorse. The most entertaining and engrossing stories are usually the ones portrayed on television shows and movies. Though sadly they are entertainment for some, they are reality for others. The person or people committing these murders have a deeper mental issue, usually one that would be diagnosed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) as a Personality

The client’s chief complaint is feeling stressed and overwhelmed from living with her mother. She has just moved in with her mother and new baby, while her husband is in another state attending a military training school. The client has expressed the feelings of being overwhelmed for the last one to five years. The client and her family have never gotten along, but now she is living with her mother who has a new boyfriend while still being married to the client’s father. The client is the older of two younger brothers’ feels and that she has never been understood or heard by her family. The client is irritable, anxious, hopeless, isolation, and guilt because she moved in with her mother to help with her new son, but her mother is not helping. The client may have unresolved conflicts with her family dynamics, which is influencing her thoughts and behaviors now. The client does not have the resolution for her past problems in the family dynamics, which is continuing the negative pattern she is experiencing today. The only way to help the client is to help the client in her self-awareness of these

Math, S. National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Professor of Psychology 7. Personality Disorder with Serious Implications in Prison

This semester I had a twenty-nine-year-old African-American male client who initially came to counseling due to marital issues he was experiencing. This client was not given a full pseudonym name but he was given false initials. He came to counseling as part of a class requirement. This client was assigned the initials C.D because he was the second client assigned to me. However for the sake of this paper he will primarily be referred to as “the client.” Client did not share his specific date of birth but he did share his current age and that his birthday is coming up. This

The following is a case study of a male client, Dexter, suffering from antisocial personality disorder (psychopath), a chronic mental condition in which a person's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive ("Antisocial personality disorder", 2015). One result of antisocial personality disorder is the person has no regard for right and wrong and they usually disregard the rights and feelings of others. The client was diagnosed and given an assessment with the goal of managing his symptoms. Through a process of discovery, the client's history finally revealed that the disorder was actually a result of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by a past experience. People with PTSD often fear re-experiencing a traumatic event and sometimes are unable to remember certain aspects. However, through psychotherapy and medication, this client illustrates a successful management of his symptoms.

Scrutinized personality disorders on 138 patients over a six year period in a secure facility according to (Alexander, T. R. et al. 2010) questioned whether clinical comparison in offenders " is it possible to diagnose personality disorders in people across the whole range of ID, that is, from mild to profound disabilities” (p. 651) and vice versa is it possible to have the entire range of personality disorder in persons with ID diagnosed, statistically no, "experimental difficulties are infinite and personality disorders cannot be established diagnostically in those that have sever levels of ID, evidence, "established differences from mild to moderate ranges of ID is now widely clinically accepted" (p. 651). However, behavioral measurement methods

A challenge with classifying personality disorders is that personality disorders are not stable over time while the very definition of personality disorders suggests that they should be stable over time. However, according to figure 15.2, half the people with a personality disorder at some point in time had achieved remission when interviewed two years later (455). Another challenge with classifying personality disorders is that personality disorders are highly comorbid. For instance, a person diagnosed with borderline personality disorder can also be diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder—they also predict poorer outcomes for these disorders (another challenge). Moreover, it was found that more than 50% of people diagnosed with a personality disorder also met the diagnostic criteria for another personality disorder.

A serial killer is defined as a person who commits three or more murders in at least three separate events. These events must include a “cooling off period” between the kills. Serial killers don’t go straight to killing people. Like any other major criminals, less serious crimes are committed before actually going out and committing more severe crimes. Usually, serial killers have a cycle in which they commit their killings, usually during times of high stress. The act of killing appears to give the killer a temporary relief of the pressure. Crime is found when a criminal personality type comes in contact with the necessary environmental stimuli that causes it to come to the surface of some sort of deviant behavior. Many factors lead a person

The client’s came to counseling because she felt depressed and lonely living in a new state away from her family. The client stated in previous sessions that she has never been away from her family. Apart from feeling lonely and depressed, she is currently struggle with her romantic relationship and seeks counseling to help her come up with a solution to her problems and learn better communication skills. The client met a man online while she was living in Texas with her parents. Client

From a personality perspective, the client presented with Borderline Personality characteristics. The client tends to look at the world as black or grey “people are either nice or not”. This belief affects his need to leave his house during certain occasions because he fears being harm by “inconsiderate people”. Currently, the client is infatuated with a woman whom he believed was the love of his life 20 years ago. The client continuously comes up with reasons why he believes that this person is in love with him and denies any other conclusions. When presented with an interpretation he acknowledges it but quickly goes back to believing his earlier thoughts.

Rational: Stopping the meds suddenly can cause serious complications that put the patient at risk for injury.

Personality disorder has being and issue among therapist and psychiatrist. Also Personality disorder is presently being acknowledged as an essential condition in standard psychiatry over the world. In spite of the fact that it regularly stays unrecognized in customary practice, research studies have demonstrated that it is familiar, makes significant bleakness, is connected with high expenses to administrations and to society, and meddles, generally adversely, with advancement in the treatment of other mental issue. We now have prove that personality issue, as of now arranged, influences around six percent of the world populace, and the contrasts between nations demonstrate no predictable variety. We are likewise getting expanding proof that a few medicines, for the most part mental, are of quality in this gathering of clutters. What is currently required is another characterization that is of more noteworthy worth to clinicians, and the WPA Section on Personality Disorders is at present undertaking this mission.

Personality disorders are psychological conditions marked by disruptive and persistent patterns of behavior that damage social functioning. A person suffering from a personality disorder may not even recognize that they have a problem. Unlike other mental illnesses, personalities are often considered to be chronic and permanent patterns that create no visible problem in life. Not only can personality disorders be difficult to diagnose and understand, but also individuals with these behavior problems may potentially be dangerous. For thousands of years, scientists have been studying human personality characteristics, but the concept of personality disorders is a relatively newer idea.