3 CHAPTER Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior CHAPTER OUTLINE HOW ARE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS METHODS OF ASSESSMENT 80–99 CLASSIFIED? 70–77 The Clinical Interview The DSM and Models of Abnormal Behavior Computerized Interviews Psychological Tests STANDARDS OF ASSESSMENT 77–80 Neuropsychological Assessment Reliability Behavioral Assessment Validity Cognitive Assessment Physiological Measurement SOCIOCULTURAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS IN ASSESSMENT 99–100 SUMMING UP 100–101 T
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is suggested that Alex Forrester suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder (Sansone and Sansone‚ 2010) or De Clérambault ’s Syndrome‚ also known as Erotomania (Miller‚ 2013). Borderline Personality Disorder is defined as a mental health disorder that causes extreme emotional instability and may be impulsive‚ have varying mood swings‚ suicidal behavior‚ and have antagonistic behavior (Mayo Clinic‚ 2012). De Clérambault ’s Syndrome is a disorder in which a person believes another is in love with
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from antisocial personality disorder. 2. There is a substantial amount of evidence suggesting that he suffers from antisocial personality disorder‚ which falls under the DSM-IV’s classification of major personality disorders. Antisocial personality disorder as quoted from MayoClinic “is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person’s ways of thinking‚ perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive.” As suggested by the name‚ this disorder is characterized
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28). His Fists Are Up and His Guard Is Down. Retrieved March 02‚ 2012‚ from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/magazine/30rourke-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault‚ P. (2009‚ April 04). What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? Retrieved March 10‚ 2012‚ from About.com: http://bpd.about.com/od/understandingbpd/a/whatisbpd.htm Mickey Rourke‚ Why is he Famous? (2012). Retrieved March 02‚ 2012‚ from Ask Men.com: http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment/mickey-rourke/
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mental ill health 1 Mood disorders Mood disorder covers all types of depression . Some people are prone to suffering depression during winter when the days are shorter. Bipolar disorder is a condition that affects your moods which can change from one extreme to another this can range from a euphoric mania to a deep low depression these highs and lows can be so extreme that they interfere with day to day life Personality disorders People who suffer from personality disorders usually have chronic interpersonal
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tension that occurs when a persons simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistant‚ or when the person’s belief is incongruent with his or her behavior.(Page 238‚ Chapter 7)(See also‚ exagerating and minimizing Page 234) Personality: A distinctive and relatively stable pattern of behavior‚ thoughts‚ motives‚ and emotions that characterizes an individual.(Page 44 Chapter
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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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devices must be turned off by 10:00pm on school nights. Although Brian awakens without any difficulty (Jarvis‚ pg 93)‚ he often says he feels tired at the end of a long day at school. Brian’s mother has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and his father is an alcoholic. He has been made very aware of the genetic component to addiction (Potter & Perry‚ pg 77). He does not hesitate to come to me‚ his Aunt‚ when he needs to talk about something. Tom‚ his brother‚ is his
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The Case Study of Jack Ruby- Analyzing Multiple Components of Disorders with Violence Tammy Poe PSY 410 November 12‚ 2011 Tim Duncan The Case Study of Jack Ruby Jack Ruby became famous for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald‚ Two days after Oswald’s Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Jack Ruby had many significant factors that contributed to his motivation to commit murder. During Ruby’s crime he experienced rage‚ and wanted to stress his beliefs in a manner that society seen
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lives of the different girls who are in the in-patient facility and their particular disorders. The movie shows the patients going to where the files on each of them are kept and finding out what the psychiatrists had been writing about them‚ including their particular diagnoses. Susanna is the main character of the movie and is quite the afflicted individual. Susanna is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder by the psychiatrists at the facility and falls into deep denial about her diagnosis
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