"Dangers of histrionic personality disorder" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 7 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Paranoid Personality Disorder Paranoid personality is a disorder that causes people to feel as though close friends or even totally strangers have it out for them and that people are trying to hurt them. It is a disorder that lasts a life time and can only be treated not cured. People with PPD tend to get it during adulthood and it is primarily found in males. PPD destroys the lives of about 2.5% of the human population including the life of celebrity Miley Cyrus. PPD is said to be a minuet personality

    Premium Schizotypal personality disorder Schizophrenia Narcissistic personality disorder

    • 918 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Borderline Personality Disorder Etiology: A history of abuse in the patient’s is very common. Some hypothesize that if‚ as a child‚ the patient was separated from their mother they are more likely to develop BPD‚ therefore developing intense anxiety‚ hypersensitivity to rejection‚ and feelings of abandonment. Medications: SSRIs are the preferred medication given to patients with BPD. Common SSRIs are Prozac‚ Zoloft‚ Lexapro‚ Paxil‚ Luvox. Antipsychotic agents and opiate receptor antagonists may

    Premium Borderline personality disorder Bipolar disorder Suicide

    • 799 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    bad behavior. Let’s take a look at this personality disorder only affecting 1% of our population that is extremely rare‚ but quite real and often misunderstood. Picture waking up feeling disconnected from your body. You have no idea where you are and how you got there. A different home‚ city and surroundings. Feeling as if you are a stranger in your own body. This is how someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder feels like each time another personality reveals itself.

    Premium Dissociative identity disorder Personality psychology Emotion

    • 733 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Borderline Personality Disorder For the second film analysis‚ I watched "Girl Interrupted." The movie is about a teenage girl name Susanna Kaysen who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. People with Borderline Personality Disorder "are often emotionally unstable‚ impulsive‚ unpredictable‚ irritable‚ and anxious. They also are prone to boredom. Their behavior is similar to that of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder but they are not as consistently withdrawn

    Premium Mental disorder Schizophrenia Borderline personality disorder

    • 608 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Personality Disorders The definition of personality disorders is: disorders that are characterized by inflexible and unhealthy patterns of thinking‚ feeling‚ and behavior. Personality disorders are referred to differences in characteristic patterns. The disorders generally start in the beginning teenage years or adulthood. Some of these disorders are less distinct in pubescent years. Personality disorders are grouped by three clusters. Cluster A is the “eccentric‚ odd” cluster‚ containing Paranoid

    Premium Personality disorder Histrionic personality disorder Borderline personality disorder

    • 1662 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    chosen to use the behavior of personality disorder to complete this paper. Personality disorder has a wide array of ten different specific personality disorder. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) defines a personality disorder as a lasting pattern of inner beliefs and behaviors that differ largely from one’s culture. The patterns manifest in two or more of the following areas: cognition‚ affectivity‚ interpersonal functioning‚ and impulse control. This disorder has an onset in adolescence

    Premium Personality disorder Borderline personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder

    • 1406 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Psychological Curiosity A personality disorder is a dysfunction in an individual’s social behavior. Examples include‚ but are not limited to‚ Borderline Personality DisorderHistrionic Personality Disorder‚ and Schizoid Personality Disorder. One of the most dangerous known personality disorders is Antisocial Personality Disorder. According to one website‚ Antisocial Personality Disorder is‚ “a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy and remorse

    Premium Antisocial personality disorder Psychology Personality disorder

    • 839 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Handbook of Disabilities Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Description of the Disability Schizophrenia is a significant‚ chronic disorder of the brain that can cause serious problems with how a person thinks‚ feels‚ and acts. A person with schizophrenia may have difficulty distinguishing what is real and not real and may have difficulty expressing normal emotions in social situations. Although it cannot be cured‚ schizophrenia can often be successfully treated and controlled. Researchers do

    Premium Schizophrenia

    • 3418 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Narcissistic Personality Disorder   A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy and behavior)‚ need for admiration‚ and lack of empathy‚ beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts‚ as indicated by five or more of the following:   1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g.‚ exaggerates achievements and talents‚ expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) 2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success

    Premium Narcissism Narcissistic personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder

    • 307 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA]‚ 2013) defines multiple personality disorder (MPD) as a disruption of identity characterized by two or more district alter personalities. Many studies have shown that experiences of sever abuse and family environment in which they can occur may be significant factors in the development of MPD. These factors include traumatic separations‚ physical abuse‚ emotional neglect

    Premium Mental disorder Psychiatry Dissociative identity disorder

    • 1235 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 50