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
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American Psycho: Analysis This extract of ‘American Psycho’ conveys most of the wider themes of the text‚ with similar stylistic techniques that are seen throughout the novel. Ellis uses a peculiar chapter title with ‘End of the 1980’s’ for this extract and throughout the rest of the book. These titles usually relate to the theme of the chapter or the events within it. This extract is named ‘End of the 1980’s’ which is very significant to the wider text. The entire novel is a dark‚ satirical
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Paranoid Personality Disorder Jessica Alba - (born April 28‚ 1981) is an American actress who’s TV and film credits include Dark Angel‚ Honey‚ Sin City‚ Fantastic Four‚ Into the Blue‚ Idle Hands and 2007’s Good Luck Chuck. Alba’s early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice‚ had pneumonia 4-5 times a year‚ a ruptured appendix‚ and a cyst on her tonsils. She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. Her health
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Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’ is undoubtedly one of the most significant‚ ground breaking films of all time. It is now considered the ‘mother of all modern horror films’‚ and sets the base to many horror films and themes made after its release in 1960. To create such an influential movie Hitchcock used many techniques such as code and conventions‚ symbolism‚ themes‚ and film noir. Code and conventions are used in ways that greatly increase the effectiveness of the overall film. Close-up camera
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Psychological Diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "A Rose For Emily" Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a person using cunning strategies and deceit to get their way‚ a failure to conform to social norms (often resulting in criminal behaviour)‚ a lack of compassion for others‚ an "inflated and arrogant self-appraisal"‚ "reckless disregard for safety of self or others" (American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV]‚ 2000) and most importantly
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Borderline personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods‚ behavior‚ and relationships. Because some people with severe borderline personality disorder have brief psychotic episodes‚ experts originally thought of this illness as atypical‚ or borderline‚ versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading‚ a more accurate term does not exist yet. The symptoms of borderline disorder were
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Narcissistic Personality disorder is a rare personality disorder which is mainly driven by dramatic emotional behavior‚ parallel to antisocial and borderline personality disorders. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) has many symptoms that are often very common in regular people. Symptoms that anybody may have experience at least once in their lifetime without understanding what may have been the driving forces behind behaviors. In this paper‚ I will go more in depth on this personality disorder‚ the
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“Thirteen” is a 2003 American drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke‚ while the story itself is an autobiographical based upon Nikki Reed’s life at age twelve and thirteen. The set took place in the city of Los Angeles. It begins‚ as teen stories often do‚ with drugs‚ alcohol‚ underage sex behavior‚ and self-mutilation. The two main characters: Tracy Freeland and Evie Zamora get involved with dangerous and inappropriate behavior in order to consciousness of their physical and emotional misfortune
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Personality Disorders: Theory‚ Research‚ and Treatment 2010‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 3‚ 192–194 © 2010 American Psychological Association 1949-2715/10/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0020199 COMMENTARIES In Defense of Narcissistic Personality Traits Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky Miller and Campbell (pp. 180 –191‚ this issue) provide an informative discussion of the importance of considering narcissistic personality trait research when attempting to understand narcissistic personality disorder
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