Case Study 1: Schizoid Personality Disorder. Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine’s family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles‚ laughs‚ or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television by herself‚ even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around
Premium Personality disorder Schizophrenia Schizoid personality disorder
Valerie Lopez Axia of University of Phoenix DSM-IV Evaluation Case 1 – Schizoid Personality Disorder The first case study was matched with Schizoid personality disorder; the symptoms matched Josephine’s inability to be social and her emotional coldness. Genetic and environmental factors are common causes in Schizoid personality disorder as well as chromosomal and nervous system disorder. Some treatments that are available are psychotherapy‚ cognitive behavior therapy which focuses
Premium Schizophrenia Mental disorder Personality disorder
Sylvia Plath The poem‚ ‚ has a theme‚ which is talking about a complex relationship of Plath. Plath uses pheasant as a symbol for representing her complicating complex. This poem also conveys of realism of nature‚ which reflects to the reality of a human being. This poem consists of 8 identical stanzas. Each stanza contains 3 lines. It has an irregular rhyme scheme and an imperfect rhyme. Plath starts off the poem directly. The first word of the poem‚ “You”‚ reveals that Plath is having
Premium Narcissistic personality disorder Personality disorder Rhyme
Psychiatria Danubina‚ 2010; Vol. 22‚ No. 3‚ pp 392–405 © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb‚ Croatia Review MALIGNANT NARCISSISM: FROM FAIRY TALES TO HARSH REALITY Mila Goldner-Vukov & Laurie Jo Moore University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences‚ Manaaki House Community Mental Health Service Auckland District Health Board‚ 15 Pleasant View Road‚ Panmure‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand received: 1.7.2010; revised: 28.7.2010; accepted: 31.8.2010 SUMMARY Introduction: Malignant
Premium Narcissistic personality disorder Narcissism Antisocial personality disorder
that I went to my friend‚ Jason ’s house I noticed that this 25 year old bachelor was excessively neat. I thought this was quite an unusual quality for a single‚ busy guy‚ but took it at face value as I didn ’t know anything about psychological disorders at the time. As our friendship grew and we spent more time together‚ I started to notice more "strange" behaviors‚ especially revolving around cleaning at first. No matter what time of day or night I visited my friend‚ everything in his apartment
Premium Mental disorder Personality disorder Abnormal psychology
recent research is "it is obvious that this case of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder arises from an early childhood fixation." which type of psychologist would most likely have made that statement? "let’s try to figure out where clients fall on several key personality traits‚ rather than using a dichotomous classification system." someone saying this would most likely favor which approach to classifying personality disorders? "Litigaphobia" and "litigastress" "relational aggression" is a term
Premium Psychology Schizophrenia Mental disorder
School shooting is a kind of violence that is increasing day by day. Students can become a school shooter from personality disorders‚ the easy way to get a weapon‚ and also environmental influences. Personality disorders can influence a student to become a school shooter. Doctor Langman did an excellent definition of psychopath‚ “Psychopaths are defined by cluster of personality traits. First‚ they are extremely narcissist. Narcissism involves two related concepts: egotism and egocentrism. People
Premium Antisocial personality disorder Columbine High School massacre School violence
effects of a substance (drug of abuse or medication) or a general medical condition. It is not better accounted for by another mental disorder such as panic disorder with or without agoraphobia‚ separation anxiety disorder‚ body dysmorphic disorder‚ a pervasive developmental disorder‚ or schizoid personality disorder. If a general medical condition or another mental disorder is present such as stuttering‚ trembling in Parkinson’s disease‚ or exhibiting abnormal eating behavior as in anorexia nervosa or
Premium Avoidant personality disorder Fear Schizoid personality disorder
Monroe was and still might possibly be one of the most enduring sex symbols of all time‚ behind her perfect curves and seductive personality‚ lay a dark and troubled woman ridiculed by her own mental state. What is clear however‚ is that Monroe suffered from severe mental distress which was later diagnosed in her rise to fame and was identified as a borderline personality disorder‚ severe anxiety‚ and depression. Possible causations of her complex mental state during that time can be defined by her past
Premium Borderline personality disorder Marilyn Monroe Psychology
The importance of psychology in history demonstrated on the case of William´s II narcissism Milan Steinbauer Studentennummer: S2010178 Mentorgroep PSBA1-14/Groep 8 Introduction Overall‚ history seems to depend to a great degree on the mental constitutions of single figures - to a degree that is not conform with our rationalizing wishful thinking of history. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of a more psychological understanding of history. Beforehand I would like to
Premium Narcissistic personality disorder Narcissism Antisocial personality disorder