She cannot remember the name of the anti-depressants and did not remember the exact diagnoses. The feelings of hopelessness and her academic problems has started relatively recently according to her. 4. Past illnesses Psychiatric Mood disorder (She cannot remember the exact diagnoses.) Medical Nothing significant Anti-depressants (unknown) Adaptive features and Strengths She is intelligent and ambitious. She has shown courage in confronting her father about the abuse
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OUTLINE I.Understanding Borderline Personality A.Common Stereotypes B.Characteristics & Symptoms 1.Fear of Abandonment 2.Impulsivity & Self-Damaging Behavior 3.Difficulty Controlling Anger 4.Brief Psychotic Episodes C.Prevalence in Society 1.Celebrity & Film Example II.History of Classification A.Personality Organization B.Atypical Form of Other Personality Disorders C.Independent Disorder III.Causal & Contributory Factors A.Psychoanalytic 1.Object-Relations Theory 2.Developmental
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GM 591 Yvonne Hobbs LSI Paper The life styles inventory is a survey of questions that help us to gain an insight into our own personality and what type of behaviors we exert to others as individuals. It helps us to look at the positive and negative qualities of our personalities and ways to improve upon them. A look at my LSI styles complex radiates that my primary thinking style is linked to the avoidance category. The avoidance scale states that I tend to use the strategy of withdrawal
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Passive-Aggressive Disorder Passive-aggressive personality disorder is a psychological condition in which a person may seem willing to carry out a request‚ but actually reacts negatively and resists passively. The client who is passive aggressive is often cynical‚ feels under-appreciated‚ and may be resentful of the demands of others. Causes The exact cause of passive aggressive behavior is unknown. However‚ the following factors are thought to play a role: Genetics Environmental Factors Risk Factors
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Introduction Anorexia Nervosa is a serious and often fatal eating disorder in which the individual deliberately restricts themselves of food due to an obsession with thinness and weight loss. I chose to focus on Anorexia because it is both a serious and growing public health concern within Canada. This paper will focus on the characteristics‚ prevalence‚ and treatment for Anorexia Nervosa as well as how this applies to social work practice. As Anorexia is such a fatal condition‚ understanding
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Personality Disorders in the Workplace INTRODUCTION People with personality disorders characteristic tend to have chronic inflexible styles of perceiving themselves‚ and interacting with others varies. (Ward‚ 2004) Personality disorders are typically some of the most challenging mental disorders to treat‚ because they are part of an individual and their self-perception. Treatment according to Ward‚ (2004)‚ most often focuses on increasing coping skills‚ and interpersonal relationship skills
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most of all‚ it’s a self-esteem/self-confidence issue. We don’t feel like anyone cares what we have to say‚ or we fear being rejected or embarrassed. We fear being all alone. Shy personalities are a security blanket - if you don’t put yourself out there‚ you won’t risk getting hurt. I would like to change my personality from being shy because I won’t lose as many opportunities‚ I won’t be insecure‚ and I can make friends easier. Initially‚ Being shy is not the best thing to be. Sometimes
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FACTITIOUS DISORDER Facticious means artificial or unnatural‚ a definition that could not be more appropriate. People who suffer from factitious disorder (FD) “are great con men or con women‚ although what they obtain through their conning most people would far rather not have”[1]. The earliest accounts of factitious disorders are recorded in the times of Galen‚ a Roman physician in the second century A.D. The term ‘factitious’ itself‚ is derived from a book‚ published in 1843 by Gavin‚
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motherhood to a psychological disorder Truc Huynh Houston Community College Summer 2010 Abstract: Credit to the story about family issues and Adele’s motherhood which goes over the unconscious psychological disorder in the movie “Anywhere but here” (1999)‚ the paper is the first overview discussing the personality disorder- definition‚ diagnosis criteria‚ cause‚ classification and treatment. A closer sight is exhibited in details on three specific categorizes of personality disorder‚ which are the Adele’s
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References: Beck‚ A. T.‚ Freeman‚ A.‚ & Davis‚ D. (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders 2nd Ed. Guilford Publication Inc. New York. Beck‚ A. T.‚ & Weishaar‚ M. E. (2009). Cognitive Therapy. Current Psychotherapies 8th Ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole. USA. Beck‚ J. S.‚ & Pretzer‚ James. (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders: Twenty Years of Progress. Contemporary Cognitive Therapy‚ Theory‚ Research and Practice. The Guilford Press. New York
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