Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Personality Disorders PSY 410 December 18‚ 2011 Eric Niler‚ Ph.D. Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Personality Disorders Eating‚ substance abuse‚ and personality disorders have one thing in common. They are all impairments to an individual who prevents him or her from functioning normally within society. An individual who is suffering from either condition has biological‚ environmental‚ or early childhood as the contributor to his or her illness
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Stop being so full of yourself: Narcissistic Personality Disorder A young handsome man‚ who views his female suitors as unworthy of his beauty is condemned by the gods to never find true love. One day he saw his reflection in a pool‚ and he stares at himself lovingly for so long eventually he simply withers away and dies. This is the story of Narcissus in Greek mythology for which Narcissistic Personality Disorders is named for. NPD is a serious life consuming disease that is characterized by
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Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ also known as ASPD is a personality disorder that identifies individuals who are irritable and aggressive. Individuals diagnosed with ASPD are usually seen as “antisocial” hence the name.Antisocial personality is not synonymous with sociopath or psychopath. Many individuals who are diagnosed with ASPD often grow up in homes with parental conflict. Antisocial Personality Disorder can be recognized in individuals by certain behaviors. Individuals diagnosed with ASPD
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Understanding Narcissism from the Psychoanalytical Approach to Personality Throughout recent years‚ it has become pretty obvious that we are living in an age of entitlement where “cosmetic surgery‚ status-related debt‚ and misrepresented Facebook profiles” (Twenge) are on the rise. Nothing seems to matter more than being the best looking‚ most successful‚ or most popular person out of all the people we know. Studies have shown that unrealistic expectations‚ materialism‚ law empathy‚ self-esteem
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An example of this is schizoid and personality disorders. When clinicians are questioning patients‚ they must ask not only whether people “avoid forming close relationships” (Comer‚ 2005‚ p. 414) but also ask them why they cower from forming those close social relationships. These problems can negatively affect a diagnosis because the clinician basically diagnoses the personality disorder based on the impression they get of the patient‚ which is subjective and can vary among clinicians. Another problem
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Case Study #6 — Schizotypal Personality Disorder Background Information Tyler is a 15 year old male who is currently living at home with his mother and younger sister. His mother describes Tyler as “always being an odd child” who had significant difficulty relating to his peers. As a child he would spend a great deal of time alone involved in role playing. She said that social situations always provoke great anxiety in Tyler and he is extremely socially inept. Currently Tyler rarely socializes‚
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Cluster C consists of personality disorders in which nervous and fearful comportment is dominant. People with these personality disorders are often viewed as antisocial and reserved. Cluster C personality disorders are made up of the following: Dependent personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) personality disorder. Dependent Personality Disorder is a mental disorder where the sufferers exhibits an excessive need to be taken care of‚ submissive‚ needy
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A. The eighth personality disorder is Avoidant personality disorder 1. People with avoidant personality disorder hope they can have friends but don’t because they are very shy and hate attention a) Michael Jackson is a famous singer with avoidant personality disorder he used to wear masks in public to not have attention and he even built an amusement park on his land so he would not have to be around people in public parks. 2. Try to avoid people and social situations due to fears of rejection and
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Antisocial Personality Disorder William Weiss 11/15/2015 Abstract Antisocial personality disorder‚ also known as (ASPD)‚ is a chronic disorder in which those who suffer have very little to no respect for the best wishes‚ safety or feelings of others. Those who suffer from ASPD tend to have wit and charm in which they use to manipulate or use others. Another symptom may include huge amounts of substance abuse which would make the symptoms of ASPD much worst‚ and highly uncontrollable. ASPD
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Echo Personality Disorder is a specific and highly differentiated form of dependency‚ marked by behaviours of compliance and a need to ’mirror’ significant others -parents‚ spouse‚ friends‚ employer. It has been found that those with EPD are highly attracted to relationships with individuals who show marked narcissistic tendencies. This mirroring behaviour was the reason for choosing the name Echo personality disorder‚ which is based on the Greek myth of Narcissus and Echo. In this story Echo
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