giving me a chance to write about my favorite show of all time. I am a very big fan of The Simpsons and have always wondered if some of the characters had some kind of personality disorders until now. After reading the information in the book and in the lectures I have come to understand exactly what kind of personality disorders are being portrayed in the show. I am writing this based on the movie and not one of the shows. The first character that I am going to analysis is going to be Montgomery
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DBT Population and Problems The population that Dialectical Behavior Therapy works with is usually women with borderline personality disorder. One study took seventy-three women who met the criteria for borderline personality disorder with the DBT treatment as the intervention and the control condition was normal psychiatric treatment (Carter‚ Wilcox‚ Lewin‚ Conrad‚ & Bendit‚ 2010). The women were measured after six months of treatment (Carter‚ et al.‚ 2010). This study was put into works to show
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Antisocial personality disorder also known as ASPD is a mental condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating‚ exploiting‚ or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal‚ the condition is common among people who are in prison. ASPD is a relatively common psychological disorder boasting approximately 200‚000 new cases annually. A finite cause of this disorder is unknown. A person’s genes and other factors‚ such as child abuse‚ may contribute to developing this
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Schizotypal is a Cluster A personality disorder. It is characterized by unusual behavior‚ appearance‚ thought patterns and lack of social skills (Wood 2001). Schizotypal personality disorder is marked by an inability and acute discomfort for forming close relationships (APA 2000). It also involves having cognitive and perceptual distortions (Fundukian 2008) and displaying eccentricities of behavior (APA 2000). Schizotypal also involves odd‚ coherent‚ but unimportant speech (Fundukian 2008). The
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Psychology of Addictions Alyx Brake Introduction Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the constructs of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. The aim is to highlight whether the terms psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder reflect the same construct or whether they differ. Furthermore‚ recommendations for treatment of criminal behavior will be explored. For the purposes of this evaluation some definitions need to be highlighted: Criminal offence is an act that breaks a law‚ which relates how to behave
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Personality disorders are a group of conditions that have long term behavior patterns that come from expectations of society and the serious problems in relationships which are created. People with personality disorders tend to be inflexible‚ rigid and manipulative (Hooley‚ Butcher‚ Nock‚ & Mineka‚ 2017). They often have one set way or perspective of everything and have difficulties connecting with other people socially. The DSM-5 personality disorders are grouped together into three groups based
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Borderline personality disorder is a very common in today’s society. Many personality disorders stem from some sort of trauma a person has had to endure. Leaving them with a feeling of distrust or being alone. Often the feelings that arose from within them lead to problems in relationships. Personality disorders origins are associated with many factors within three main categories. Being that the origins of personality disorders can be linked to psychological factors got me thinking about a friend
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Personality Disorders Constant abnormal feelings‚ thoughts and acts that are highly reoccurring in a person is usually the result of a personality disorder. Personality disorders are mental disorders observed and treated by psychologists and psychiatrists. They affect the daily life of the person suffering from the personality disorder and impact those around them. They suffer from impairments in their personality functions that are long-term and are basically incapable of controlling it. .Personality
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Abstract The relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of the present study was to analyze DSM-IV OCPD prevalence rates in OCD and panic disorder (PD) patients to test for the specificity of the OCPD-OCD link‚ and to compare them to OCPD prevalence in a control group of subjects without any psychiatric disorder. A total of 109 patients with a principal diagnosis of DSM-IV (SCID-I) OCD and
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