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    According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013)‚ Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness which negatively impacts relationships and an individual’s sense of self‚ characterized by pervasive instability of moods‚ tumultuous relationships and the distortion of self-image and emotion regulation. A core aspect of BPD is an intense fear of abandonment. Whether real or imagined‚ this fear may lead to frantic efforts to avoid abandonment‚ panic or hostile behavior

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    What is Antisocial Personality Disorder? Shayne C. Frost Ivy Tech College Psychology 101 R. Carpenter Abstract In this paper I will be informing you about Antisocial Personality disorder. I think we all have our own image of what a person with (APD) is but how much do you really know about it? I will be going into the causes of (APD). Things like influences from the environment‚ and how a person’s home life was as a child. I will be looking at how (APD) is diagnosed by professionals

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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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    Katie Bell Abnormal Psychology Dr. Casada 2 December 2014 Histrionic Personality Disorder in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby spends his life building wealth in order to earn the love of Daisy Buchanan‚ a woman he loved in his younger years who could not marry him due to his lack of wealth. Daisy‚ though not a character with many appearances in the book (since Gatsby is the main character)‚ is an extremely emotional character that just seems a bit off throughout

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    Living With Borderline Personality Disorder Madeline Anderson Argosy University ENG101  Composition I All therapists’ approaches to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder are different. One form of treatment is DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT was created by Marsha Linehan‚ a psychologist at the University of Washington. It was developed from the structure of CBT‚ or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT is a type of goal-oriented

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    Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a condition in which people have an excessive sense of self-importance‚ an extreme preoccupation with themselves‚ and lack of empathy for others ( Board‚ A.D.A.M. Editorial). Three parts of this disorder will be dabbled upon in this paper‚ the description‚ the causation‚ and the treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The first of which will be the description. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of grandiosity

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    “Antisocial Personality Disorder” Term Paper Introduction Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating‚ exploiting‚ or violating the rights of others (NCBI‚ 2010). Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed by a pattern of contempt for and desecration of the rights of other people in society. The conclusion of antisocial personality disorder is not given to individuals’ under the age of eighteen

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    Borderline Personality Disorder Greg Whittaker Wor-Wic Community College Abnormal Psychology Shane Ferguson‚ M.A. July 19‚ 2014 Borderline personality disorder is a serious medical condition that profoundly affects the lives of those who have it and those around them. In an effort to maintain serenity‚ families often struggle to avoid situations that can set off another explosive episode. They walk on egg shells‚ a failed effort because it is not possible to predict

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    Narcissistic Personality Disorder Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they’re superior to others and have little regard for other people’s feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem‚ vulnerable to the slightest criticism. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of several types of personality disorders

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    psychopath to better show the mistreatment of Jews in slave labor camp. Amon Goeth was used in the film “Schindler’s List” to symbolize the Nazi party as a whole. It gave him an obvious‚ representation of someone who displays Antisocial Personality Disorder or a sociopath. Ralph Fiennes‚ the actor who played Goeth made Hitler himself look like a puppy. Though behind the Hollywood mask does not lay a saint; Amon Goeth was represented as a sadistic‚ human killing machine sociopath. Goeth can be

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