Personality disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by the inability to regulate emotions. This results in impulsivity, poor self-image, poor personal relationships, and mood swings. She’s come undone by Wally Lamb unravels Dolores Price’s BPD as she goes through several stressors in her life which ultimately end with her condition. The purpose of this paper is to underscore the various stressors and her resulting behavior, and why they have led me to believe she has BPD. The diagnosis

to diagnose Paul Bateman with a psychiatric disorder, or in this case two, I would say that he shows symptoms of Anti-Social Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In the beginning of the movie when he’s listing what he does every morning (certain conditioner, clothing, exercise routine, etc) I would say he might have OCD tendencies, but that pales in comparison to his other symptoms of his disorders. Anti-Social Personality Disorder is characterized by “a lack of concern towards

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the norm of the individual’s culture. The pattern is seen in two or more of the following areas: cognition; affect; interpersonal functioning; or impulse control. The enduring pattern is inflexible

Paranoid Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Co-occurring Personality disorders affect 10-15% of the adult US population. A personality disorder is a very rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior. According to SAMHSA over 8.9 million persons have co-occurring disorders; that is that they have both mental and substance use disorders. Only 7.4% receive treatment and 55.8% receive no treatment at all. The National Survey on Drug use and Health states that there were 45

Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is capable of just that and much more. Common careers of people diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder include, sales, management, and business professionals, as well as con artists. This is not an exhaustive list of careers for the antisocial person, as it is common practice for an antisocial person to be a career criminal, and in the most severe cases a serial killer. APD has been defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

As defined by the American Psychiatric Association (2013), individuals diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) exhibit “a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. Individuals, both with and without ASPD, often find themselves facing stiff consequences when they break the law by violating the rights of others. The propensity of individuals with ASPD to break such laws is one

According to yourdictinory.com, disorders are those defined as a confusion to disturb the normal mental or physical health functions. For example those who have learning disabilities that makes it hard for people to learn and concentrate in a classroom setting without getting frustrated. So today I will focus on two disorders along with the diagnostics, symptoms, and treatments for each. The information for obsessive-compulsive disorder and Borderline personality disorder will come from the Faces of

people become victims of mental or personality disorders due to a wide range of socio-cultural, environmental, and family stressors and factors. For instance, the antisocial personality disorder (ASP) is a mental illness undetectable for early diagnosis, though its symptoms might be revealed in the early childhood. Thus, inadequate conduct displayed by a child or adolescent might be considered an indicator of required monitoring and even intervention in the personality development. ASP is frequently

recently won $86 million in the California Sweepstakes lottery. She is unemployed, divorced from her husband, and now lives on her own. Diagnosis: After my assessment of Alice Klieg, I am diagnosing her with Borderline Personality Disorder. Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder and DSM-V Criteria: Must show 5 of the following criteria:  Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment  A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between

Personality Disorders The DSM-5 lists ten personality disorders and puts them into three groups. There are many misunderstandings about these psychological disorders. Here I will seek to clear up some of the misinformation surrounding these psychological disorders. The first group contains three disorders, Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal disorder. A Paranoid person is characterized by distrust of other people. A Paranoid person is not only suspicious