Antisocial personality disorder Brian Sopko University of Phoenix Introduction Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating‚ exploiting‚ or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal. Habitual rule breaking and chronic disregard for sociolegal restraints are behavioral characteristics attributed to individuals who are labeled antisocial personality. Authors of the DSM-V deemphasized underlying traits and
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Borderline personality disorder also referred to as BPD‚ is a mental health disorder in which a person has extreme difficulties in regulating their emotions and thoughts. People diagnosed with BPD have continuous distorted thinking patterns of their self-image‚ relationships‚ and behavior. Along with these negative patterns‚ people with BPD experience severe mood swings such as heightened anxiety‚ depression‚ and irritability. These strong instabilities often lead patients to reckless and impulsive
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82 Antisocial Personality Disorder J. Reid Meloy‚ Ph.D. A ntisocial personality disorder is the most reliably diagnosed condition among the personality disorders‚ yet treatment efforts are notoriously difficult. Therapeutic hope has not vanished‚ however‚ and one study indicated that almost two-thirds of psychiatrists think that “psychopathic disorder” is sometimes a treatable condition (Tennent et al. 1993). A similar finding was reported nearly 40 years ago (Gray and Hutchison 1964)
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Brian scans of people diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder have shown a reduction or deformity of the brain (Moskowitz‚ 2011). While reading this paper‚ one will find the definition‚ symptoms‚ and treatment of antisocial personality disorder. Definition of antisocial personality disorder: While growing up most people are taught do not lie‚ be polite to everyone‚ and never forget your manners. People that have antisocial personality disorder do not follow those rules opposed of what they
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Borderline personality disorder "is defined in the DSM IV‚ a manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose all mental disorders‚ as an AXIS II disorder which has symptoms of impulsively and emotional dysregulation" (Livesley 146). A person with BPD have feelings of abandonment and emptiness‚ and have "frantic efforts to avoid abandonment‚ going to extremes to keep someone from leaving" (Burger 300). He or she is emotionally unstable and forms intense but unstable interpersonal relationships. They show
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Narcissistic We all love ourselves. That seems to be such a true statement that we do not bother to look it as a possible disorder. A person who loves himself is one thing but one who loves his reflection is another. A healthy person will love himself and his accomplishments. That person is all around happy and satisfied with himself. On the other hand one who is in love with his reflection is cause for narcissism. One who depends on the existence of a reflection to produce the emotion of self-love
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said that our society faces many disorders‚ one of big importance‚ and many times misdiagnosed due to people’s symptoms and behaviors is the case of Personality Disorders. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders‚ there are ten Personality Disorders reported today. (APA‚ 2000 p.685). These disorders differ in behavioral manifestations and diagnostic criteria. However‚ there two important factors in common‚ people afflicted by these disorders are not mentally ill‚ and they
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11:40am-2:30pm December 12‚ 2015 Borderline Personality Disorder The history of Borderline Personality Disorder‚ also known as BPD‚ began in 1975. Gunderson and Singer developed the first operational definition of the disorder. In 1978‚ Gunderson and Kolb proved that it could be differentiated from other disorders. As a result‚ BPD became part of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980. The name Borderline was created by early clinicians who
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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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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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