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    Narcissistic and Cult Leaders Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Cult Leaders Every day we face and deal with either small or big issues relating to terrorist leaders from inside and outside of country. During the past decade we have seen North Korean leader, Kim Jung Un, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro of Cuba, Idi Amain of Uganda and more, who have been described as crazy, cruel, lunatic, madman, psychopath and even worse. How could they

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    Personality Disorders and the Challenges that Come with Them Gada Aref Abstract It is critical for those in the psychology field understand personality disorders. For many individuals is is necessary for their research the persons who are studying and researching the disorders with personality disorders to have better knowledge to become knowledgeable and can become better providers. Personality disorders are full of challenges

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    What is Antisocial Personality Disorder? Antisocial Personality Disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of disregard for other people’s rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. A person with Antisocial Personality Disorder often feels little or no empathy toward other people, and doesn’t see the problem in bending or breaking the law for their own needs or wants. The disorder usually begins in childhood or as a teen and continues into adulthood.

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    Odd personality disorders consist of paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal personality disorders. These disorders have symptoms similar to schizophrenia, but not as extreme. Paranoid personality disorder is suspicious, deeply distrust others, and tend to isolate themselves. Individuals with this disorder believe that other individuals, commonly at work, are out to get them and are working against them. They are easy to blame others and are extremely sensitive to criticism. Causes for paranoid personality

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    Psychological Disorders and Therapies Different types of psychological disorders and therapy methods will be discussed in this essay. Psychological disorders are categorized and defined in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM). The most recent edition of the DSM is the DSM-V published in May, 2013. (1) The methods of therapy utilized for the treatment of psychological disorders are dependent on the training of the therapist and the most appropriate method of treatment

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    Psychologists have identified ten different types of personality disorders and categorized into three different clusters. In the beginning, the diagnostic testing for schizotypal was not very reliable, because the symptoms ranged from mild to severe, and would vary to the severity of the symptoms. Due to research, psychologists have discovered the various causes that trigger this disorder. With the new age, there has been some new advancement made toward helping and treating patients with schizotypal

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    uncommon, doing so publicly as a figurehead as he has done is outside the social norm. This is exacerbated by the fact that he is running for president. This instance and the above aggressive behavior is also part of the symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder. This mocking of others may also be a sign of lack of empathy. An example of this is during an interview with Larry King when Trump said, “Do you mind if I sit back a little? Because your breath is very bad. It really is.” (Konnikova 2015)

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    Assignment 2 Limitation of Self-Report Data by Samantha, BScOT Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, YUniversity for Theories of Personality Professor August 8, 2011 Abstract There has been a rapid increase in the development of web based psychological self-help sites over the past decade. Many of these sites offer test and measures focusing on various aspect of personality and psychological functioning. The tests on the websites use self-report data to obtain information. While self-report data

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    than the sky, and she wasn 't far off. The brain, specifically the mind, is the structure of all things personality and there are no set boundaries that it falls in. But what happens when there 's a glitch, causing people to not understand human ethics? There are certain mental disorders that can be linked to serial criminality, such as antisocal personality disorder and borderline personality which are exhibited in notorious killers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy is perhaps a household

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    Borderline Personality Disorder Emani J. Mills Psychology of Personality Catinia Farrington INTRODUCTION “Personality disorders have been documented in approximately 9 percent of the general U.S. population” (Angstman, Rasmussen, 2011). Emotional dysregulation disorder or its common name borderline personality disorder is a very serious and chronic disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) describes borderline personality disorder as “a

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