Personality Disorders Essays and Term Papers
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Stop Being So Full of Yourself: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Stop being so full of yourself: Narcissistic Personality Disorder A young handsome man, who views his female suitors as unworthy of his beauty is condemned by the gods to never find true love. One day he saw his reflection in a pool, and he stares at himself lovingly for so long eventually he simply withers away and dies. This is the story of Narcissus in Greek mythology for which Narcissistic Personality Disorders is named for.
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Personality Disorders
After reading over the ten personality disorders presented in chapter nine I decided which personality I would prefer to work with and which one I would most likely decline. Both of the disorders that I chose lie within the personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior. I found it very interesting to see how these disorders characterized under the same classification are so similar yet hold different attributes that set them far enough
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Borderline Personality Disorder
A client with borderline personality disorder usually consists of a host of negative characteristics. BPD is defined as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts, ”(American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Patients who have borderline personality disorder usually display destructive behaviors and addictive behaviors, including self-mutilation. These actions are a cry for help, they expect someone
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Treatments; Borderline Personality Disorder
Treatments; Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is amongst the hardest personality disorders to treat. BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) continues to aggravate, baffle, and reward doctors and psychologists. Psychotherapies differ considerably; however, there are two major paths to treatment with this disorder: insight-oriented therapy or stabilizing interventions. Each pathway is characterized by particular techniques and interventions, but each is primarily defined by its overarching goal or objective. (2) Insight-oriented therapy is often referred to as
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder When you were growing up, did you have an imaginary friend? Did Mom and Dad have to set a place for Timmy at the table and serve him invisible food, or did all your aunts and uncles have to pet your imaginary puppy when the came over to the house? That's just pretend, though, kids having fun. So is a child pretending that they are someone else, forcing their parents to call
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Note: The use of the term paranoia in this context is not meant to refer to the presence of frank delusions or psychosis, but implies the presence of ongoing, un-based suspiciousness and distrust of people. DSM-IV Criteria A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: 1. suspects,
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Fatal Attraction: Borderline Personality Disorder
Fatal Attraction A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a recurring pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and personal relationships. A person with this disorder can often appear warm, friendly and competent. However, something may quickly and easily set them off, and the instability shines bright. Just like with Alex in Fatal Attraction. In the start of the film, Alex was outgoing, charming, fun, sexy and adventurous. The weekend spent
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Willa Cather's title "Paul's Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question, "What exactly is Paul's Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul's case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son's behavior, and the school faculty, who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension, speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrieved ness" that it is obvious that Paul's is "not a usual case" (Cather, 1991, p.
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder, also known as Personality Disorder – Paranoid or PPD is a disorder that has a great affect on behavior patterns. People with Paranoid Personality Disorder are usually people who are very suspicious of everyone’s motives. They will not usually share any secrets for fear that they will be exploited. Poor sense of humor, hostility, bad self esteem/image, and social isolation are some of the signs and symptoms of PPD. Self dependence is
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorders Paranoid Personality Disorder is a disorder commonly mistaken for schizophrenic personality disorders. Schizophrenia, a psychosis, is when a person is has an image of a world and its transpiring events, and he/she is"living" it. Paranoid Personality Disorder, however, is a neurosis where an individual is living in the real world. This disorder, though not as draining as other disorders, but can still devastate someone's life. Individuals with this disorder always assume
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Borderline Personality Disorder
A client with borderline personality disorder usually consists of a host of negative characteristics. BPD is defined as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts, ”(American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Patients who have borderline personality disorder usually display destructive behaviors and addictive behaviors, including self-mutilation. These actions are a cry for help, they expect someone
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was first recognized in the 1700's but was not understood so therefore it was forgotten. Many cases show up in medical records through the years, but in 1905, Dr. Morton Prince wrote a book about MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER that is a foundation for the disorder. A few years after it was published Sigmund Freud dismissed the disorder and this dropped it from being discussed at any
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Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder For the second film analysis, I watched “Girl Interrupted.” The movie is about a teenage girl name Susanna Kaysen who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. People with Borderline Personality Disorder “are often emotionally unstable, impulsive, unpredictable, irritable, and anxious. They also are prone to boredom. Their behavior is similar to that of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder but they are not as consistently withdrawn and bizarre” (Santrock, 2005). In “Girl
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Anti-Social Personality Disorder
Anti-Social Personality Disorder In a world full of fears, perhaps the worst one a human being should have is that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human that should be most feared is the one that has Anti-Social Personality Disorder or in laymen's terms the psychopath. The psychopath is probably the most deviant mind that exists and treatment is not very successful because there is not a cure or drug to control it.
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The Avoidant Personality Disorder
The Avoidant Personality Disorder PSY 306--Psychology of Personality Avoidant Personality 2 Abstract This research report discusses the Avoidant Personality Disorder. It states the criteria that diagnoses the individual. In addition, the report tells of the outward, as well as, inward characteristics of a person displayed in the Avoidant Personality. I have included possible environmental factors on how a person may develop the disorder. Other areas, such as self-image, view of others, and relationships are addressed.
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder Have you ever heard the expression, "God, It's like she has a multiple personality?" That is an expression that has been heard often. The truth of the matter is that multiple personality, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder is a very serious disabling illness. In fact, 3-4% of the U.S. population is hospitalized for Dissociative Identity Disorder every year. Dissociative Identity Disorder is when a person has more than one personality. He/She
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Echo Personality Disorder
Echo Personality Disorder is a specific and highly differentiated form of dependency, marked by behaviours of compliance and a need to 'mirror' significant others -parents, spouse, friends, employer. It has been found that those with EPD are highly attracted to relationships with individuals who show marked narcissistic tendencies. This mirroring behaviour was the reason for choosing the name Echo personality disorder, which is based on the Greek myth of Narcissus and Echo. In this story
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Environmental Causes of Schizotypal Personality Disorder
The Environmental Causes of Schizotypal Personality Disorder Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), is considered by many as part of the schizophrenic spectrum. It is characterized by discomfort with other people, peculiar patterns of thinking and behavior, and eccentricity. These may take the form of cognitive or perceptual disturbances. Yet, unlike schizophrenia, these psychotic symptoms are not as fully developed as delusions or hallucinations but instead can be characterized as perceptual illusions. A person suffering from SPD
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Prince of Paranoia: A Study of Hamlet's Personality Disorder
When we first meet Hamlet, he is a sad, dark, loathsome figure; the loss of his father and the whoring of his mother have upset him indefinitely. Like a ticking time bomb, Hamlet’s noticeable temper reflects the storm of emotions and thoughts brewing in his head, and then like a catalyst, his meeting with the Ghost of King Hamlet brings his anger to a boil. With revenge in mind, Hamlet plans to fake his
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Multiple Personality Disorders
"Multiple Personality Disorders" Sometimes people undergo traumatic experiences in their lives that are either physical or mental and maybe even a combination of both. If the experience was so intense, and so horrible, that the mind didn't want to remember it, or possibly didn't know how to deal or cope with it, then that one experience has the power to split a person's mind into "another personality". If this happens, the other personality or personalities
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What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness characterized by a repetitive pattern of disorganization and irresolution in self-conception, interpersonal relationships, mood, and demeanor. The instability associated with this disorder is often disruptive to the individual’s personal and professional life, long term goals, and self identity. Webster’s New World Medical Dictionary states, “Distortions in cognition and sense of self can lead to frequent changes in long-term goals, career
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Living Multi Personality Disorder
Works Cited 1. M. Keenan, "The Devil and Dr. Braun," New City article, 1995-JUN-22: Mentioned in FMS Foundation Newsletter, at: http://www.fmsfonline.org/fmsf99.n24.html 2. The International Society for the Study of Dissociation has a web site at: http://www.issd.org/ Its official publication is the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. See: http://www.issd.org/indexpage/jtdauthorsinfo.html There are allegations that the ISSD controls the content of the The Journal of Psychiatry & Law (JPSLA). These are not to be mistaken for the The
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Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders
Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders Do you know a person that has sudden mood swings? Do you wonder why they act like they do? Their actions could be a result of a type of mood disorder. Mood disorders are part of the Axis One disorders that are found in the DSM IV. Axis One is all categories of disorders except for personality disorders. People who have mood disorders are diagnosed to have a pattern of
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
PPD PERSONALITY PROFILE The key word for Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) is "mistrust." It is conceivable that, under certain circumstances, wariness, looking for hidden motives, or not trusting others may be adaptive--even life-saving--but the paranoid personality adopts this stance in most or all situations, including the most benign. VIEW OF SELF: The paranoid personalities see themselves as righteous and mistreated by others. VIEW OF OTHERS: They see other people essentially as devious, deceptive, treacherous, and
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Multiple Personalities, also known as split personality is defined as a disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual. Multiple Personalities disorder occurs in many people across America , it does not discriminate. It affects men and women of every race no matter the age. Their has been cases reported of Multiple Personalities in children as well as adults and
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