Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ Borderline Personality Disorder‚ and TBI: How to recognize and deal with each disorder in the workplace. ORG 5270 Psychopathology in the Workplace
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Jenessa Orpilla Summer Assignment AP Psychology Movies and Mental Disorders Running with Scissors is a film adaption of a memoir written by Augusten Burroughs. It takes place in the 1970s where young Augusten lives with a dysfunctional family; an alcoholic father and a delusional poet. After his parents’ divorce‚ his mother‚ Deidre Burroughs goes to see a psychiatrist named Dr. Finch. Incapable of raising Augusten‚ Deidre gives custody of her son to Dr. Finch‚ where he deals
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The film "American Psycho" tells a story about a person named Patrick Bateman who is the son of a successful Wall Street entrepreneur. He is the typical person living a yuppie style of life who has a well-paid job‚ wears designer outfits‚ and anything else a high-class person out to have. His life is mostly about getting reservations at trendy restaurants‚ maintaining his physical appearance‚ and shallow conversations as well as comparisons with his wealthy friends who he mostly dislikes. However
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1. What is the name of the movie you watched? For this assignment‚ I watched “Fatal Attraction.” 2. Describe the demographics of the character of “patient” that you are evaluating. Alex Forrest was the patient in this movie. She is a white female in her 40’s. She is single and works as an editor for a publishing company‚ however she is not shown working after the beginning of the movie. 3. Summarize the plot of the movie. As the movie begins‚ Dan and his wife‚ Beth‚ go to a company party
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was raised in a large dysfunctional family. He was the victim of a broken home torn apart by divorce in the late nine-teen sixties. It was evident he was battling emotional‚ psychological‚ and personality dysfunction by adolescent. He was diagnose with bipolar and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). As a teen he experimented with the drug craze of the seventies to control his emotions. It was only a matter of time before the unassuming attractive blond hair; blue eye teen would become
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Theory and Violent Crime The Latent Trait Theory is a developmental theory‚ which explains violent crime from a developmental perspective. This paper gives insight into the Latent Trait Theory‚ which states certain personality types and traits are the cause of criminal behavior. Personality traits‚ which lead to violent crime are inherited and acquired early in life through childhood experiences. In addition‚ this paper explains the origins of the Latent Trait Theory‚ and it suggests rehabilitation
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Laura’s Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization
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Girl‚ Interrupted Girl‚ Interrupted is an autobiographical book written by Susana Kaysen which was turned in to a movie. Susana Kaysen expressed promiscuous behavior earlier in her life and was sent to the Claymore Mental Hospital to be analyzed. Throughout her development at Claymore‚ Susana formed bonds with a group of girls she would have never met until she was sent to Claymore. Claymore Hospital allowed these girls to become so close‚ and without this experience Susana would not be the girl
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Simply gaining a place in the study of psychology was no small feat. It took countless women‚ over the course of many decades‚ just to earn the right to discuss theories of their own psyche. Now that women had a voice in psychology‚ it was the goal of many female psychologists to demolish the weak and incapable social image of women that male psychologists had promoted for so many decades. Even before Sigmund Freud’s implication of his degrading theories towards women‚ men had the power to manipulate
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conclusion of whether or not he is actually a psychopathic. Concept of Psychopathy The first personality disorder to be recognized in psychiatry (Millon‚ Simonsen‚ Birket-Smith & Davis‚ 1998‚ pg. vii) was Psychopathy. Psychopathy is a personality disorder that is compromised of one or more of the following: Psychopathic Personality Disorder‚ Sociopathy Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD). Amongst these three‚ the broadest range of psychopaths comes from APD. APD is defined as
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