Personality disorder

insight into biology, classification and current evidence on treatment” authors Rodrigo, Rajapakse, and Jayananda (2010) explored PubMed looking for published English articles between 1999 to 2009 with the search words, antisocial personality disorder, dissocial personality disorder, and psychopathy. The purpose of the literature search was to look for advances in understanding the neurobiology of violence and empathy, effective treatment modalities, and ethical implications in defining 'at-risk' individuals

Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Personality disorders are characterized by the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) as disorders where impulsivity is the main deficit and without treatment, it acquires new symptoms as time progresses. The four core features that are prevalent in all personality disorders include dysfunctional thinking, emotion dysfunction

Assessing Borderline Personality Disorder Amanda Kissling Millersville University   Introduction Treating individuals with Borderline Personality Disorders presents unique challenges for Clinicians and other service workers. Borderline personality disorder is described in the DSM-V as a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, (as well as) marked impulsivity (2013). Symptoms typically begin to present themselves in late adolescents and early adulthood

Personality Disorders affect roughly 15% of all Americans. 16 million. 16 million people are affected by some category of personality disorders. There are three clusters in which these can be defined: Cluster A, Cluster B, and Cluster C. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, more commonly known as OCD, affects 1 in 50 people at some point in their lives and generally falls in the Cluster C. Now, we will explore personality disorders, OCD, and the treatments available for OCD. To understand what Personality

“Border Line Personality Disorder affects individuals with who have a history of unstable interpersonal relationships. The individuals have a difficult time interpreting reality” (The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health). “The term ‘borderline’ was originally used by psychologist Adolf Stern in the 1930’s to describe patients whose condition fell somewhere between psychosis and neurosis. Today, the term ‘borderline’ used in describing the borderline states of consciousness these patients sometimes

for the safety of themselves or others. These abnormal behaviors are distinct features of antisocial personality disorder, of which most can be labeled as psychopathy, and are exemplified through the characteristic qualities of Frank Abagnale Jr. in the film, Catch Me if You Can. By exploring the character of Frank Abagnale throughout the film, the gradual development of antisocial personality disorder can be seen manifesting in response to one

Do I have a personality disorder? When I am around certain friends I act differently, depending on who they are. For example, around Aayla, I am outgoing and I laugh more. When I am with Leslie, I tend to be more shy and sometimes immature. I think its it’s because they are different in some ways. Ayala is a short, pretty, brunette, who likes basketball and is very athletic. When I see her she always looks happy because she is an outgoing extrovert. Since she is an outgoing extrovert, she always

evidence of a satanic cult. Furthermore, the character Angela Gray, in the film, “Regression”, illustrates a clear example of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) because of her lack of remorse and empathy for others, repetitive lying, and manipulative behavior for personal gain or pleasure. There are many ways that Angela expresses antisocial personality disorder; one way is that she has a lack of empathy for others and lack of remorse about harming others. From the beginning of the film, Angela

child being killed; but Walter did not care. He only cared about the money and himself. Both of these situations show the typical symptoms of this disorder, excessive need for admiration, disregard for others' feelings, an inability to handle any criticism, and a sense of entitlement. Walter White fits the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder for many reasons. First, he repeatedly lies, uses aliases, and conns people for personal profit and pleasure. When he was first making meth, it was

Researchers need to go more in depth with this disorder, because, if those with DID are not properly cared for then the people surrounding them could be seriously harmed. Saks states: “Consider State v. Moore, in her Billy Joel personality, held hostage and terrorized a group of children and was eventually complicit in the beating to death of one. But Marie Moore personality was no stranger to the crime. She would place phone calls to herself pretending it was Billy Joel calling the children’s daily