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    Personality disorders consist of maladaptive traits that will essentially over rule ones’ life‚ to the extent they cannot live a casual or satisfactory life. Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder is one of many personality disorders that outweighs ‘normal’ personality traits and cause detrimental effects on individuals who suffer from the personality disorder‚ but are still capable of living a ‘successful’ life‚ which sounds completely paradoxical. OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder)

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    Antisocial personality disorder also known as ASPD is a mental condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating‚ exploiting‚ or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal‚ the condition is common among people who are in prison. ASPD is a relatively common psychological disorder boasting approximately 200‚000 new cases annually. A finite cause of this disorder is unknown. A person’s genes and other factors‚ such as child abuse‚ may contribute to developing this

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    Narcissistic personality disorder From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the personality disorder. For more information on clinical research and types of narcissism‚ see Narcissism. Narcissistic personality disorder Classification and external resources Narcissus by Caravaggio. Gazing at his own reflection. ICD-10 F60.8 ICD-9 301.81 MedlinePlus 000934 MeSH D010554 Personality disorders Cluster A (odd) Paranoid Schizoid Schizotypal Cluster B (dramatic) Antisocial Borderline

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    Narcissistic Personality Disorder Treatment By Psych Central Staff Table of Contents * Medical Treatment * Hospitalization * Psychosocial Treatment * Basic Principles * Individual Psychotherapy * Group Therapy Medical Treatment Hospitalization The hospitalization of patients with severe Narcissistic Personality occurs frequently. For some‚ such as those who are quite impulsive or self-destructive‚ or who have poor reality-testing‚ this is the result of Axis

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    seven days a week‚ for their happiness. Is this hard to imagine? Unfortunately‚ this could be the reality of an individual living with a person who has a histrionic personality disorder (HPD). This disorder is defined as pervasive and excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder Fifth Edition‚ 2013). Similarly to modern times‚ HPD has been associated with the “mysterious nature of women” during the ancient era (“The "Female Mind": Hysteria”

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    Borderline personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by the unstable mood‚ relationships and behavior. People that have a borderline personality disorder share the same characteristic of splitting. The definition of splitting sees other people as entirety‚ good or entirely bad. The symptoms of borderline personality disorder are in the instability in self-image. The Dialectical Behavior therapy is most helpful for people that have borderline personality disorder because of the technique

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    Schizotypal is a Cluster A personality disorder. It is characterized by unusual behavior‚ appearance‚ thought patterns and lack of social skills (Wood 2001). Schizotypal personality disorder is marked by an inability and acute discomfort for forming close relationships (APA 2000). It also involves having cognitive and perceptual distortions (Fundukian 2008) and displaying eccentricities of behavior (APA 2000). Schizotypal also involves odd‚ coherent‚ but unimportant speech (Fundukian 2008). The

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    suffering any psychological disorders as per listed in DSM 5. We will then try to relate it back to the movie whether the signs is really presented by the character or is it a mislead information. A quick look to Personality Disorders‚ it is a continuing pattern of perceiving and relating to the world that is maladaptive across a variety of contexts‚ and results in a notable impairment or distress (Kendall and Hammen‚ 1995). Under Personality disorders‚ there are few disorders which in this movie hypothetically

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    Borderline personality disorder is a very common in today’s society. Many personality disorders stem from some sort of trauma a person has had to endure. Leaving them with a feeling of distrust or being alone. Often the feelings that arose from within them lead to problems in relationships. Personality disorders origins are associated with many factors within three main categories. Being that the origins of personality disorders can be linked to psychological factors got me thinking about a friend

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    Primary diagnosis: Affective (mood) disorder Secondary diagnosis: Anxiety disorders. The claimant was a 41-year-old woman. Alleged disability: bipolar disorder‚ high anxiety‚ deep depression. The claimant had difficulties with her personal hygiene and with most activities of daily living. She had mobility difficulties‚ ambulated with a cane because of knee problems. She had “a hard time” lifting objects‚ and was unable to do house chores. She did not do well with new people. She did not

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