LeyvaAP Psychology 12 December 2013 Histrionic Personality Disorder One of the many personality disorders in Axis II in the DSM-IV TR is histrionic. Individuals with this disorder display excessive attention-seeking and sexual behaviors. They are charming‚ seductive‚ emotional‚ and manipulative. HPD is classified as a Cluster B personality disorder (dramatic and emotional). Patients diagnosed with Histrionic personality disorder often focus on physical appearance. They may dress proactively
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Personality Disorders: Theory‚ Research‚ and Treatment 2010‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 3‚ 192–194 © 2010 American Psychological Association 1949-2715/10/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0020199 COMMENTARIES In Defense of Narcissistic Personality Traits Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky Miller and Campbell (pp. 180 –191‚ this issue) provide an informative discussion of the importance of considering narcissistic personality trait research when attempting to understand narcissistic personality disorder. Their
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IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS Many of the self-control disorders involve disturbances in the ability to regulate an impulse - an urge to act. People with impulse control disorders act on certain impulses involving some potentially harmful behavior that they cannot resist. Impulsive behavior in and of itself is not necessarily harmful; in fact‚ we all act impulsively upon occasion. Usually our impulsive acts have no ill effects‚ but in some instances they may involve risk. Consider the following
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An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet‚ such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. People with eating disorder may have started out just eating small or large amounts of food‚ but at some point‚ the urge to eat lessened or gained and spiraled out of control. Severe distress or concern about body weight or shape may also signal an eating disorder. ("Eating Disorders." NIMH RSS. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.) Eating disorders include extreme
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Presentation Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders Presentation Jocelyn F. Oatman & Sofia Moran University of Phoenix Introduction to Psychology PSY 103 Michelle McCoy-Williams October 29‚ 2008 Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders Presentation The previous evaluation on the pathophysiology of anxiety constantly records the requirement for more examination on biological characteristics of childhood social phobia‚ separation anxiety disorder‚ and
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In Roni Caryn Robin’s article “Compulsive Texting Takes Toll on Teenagers.” From the October 2015 New York Times‚ is about compulsive texting and how it effects our capacity to learn. Robin is generally speaking to an audience of ages 18 to 25 who are in high school or college. Her purpose is to let college students know that texting in class‚ at dinner‚ and before bed disrupts your ability to learn and focus in school. The evidence that Robin uses is through internet studies like the Psychology
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The world is in a panic. Everyone is shaking; their hearts are racing. Their hands and feet are going numb‚ and they cannot get a grasp on reality. This is not just a panic that is happening; it is a panic disorder. A panic disorder is‚ “an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes‚ and which during the time four (or more) of the following symptoms occur: palpitations‚ sweating‚ shaking‚ shortness of breath‚ feelings of choking‚ nausea‚ dizziness‚ chill/heat
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hotel during the winter. During this time Jack began to developed schizophrenia among many other personality and mood disorders and attempts to murder his own family. After reviewing this film it became apparent that there was a mixture of accuracy and exaggeration of the development of schizophrenia. Jack had this disorder‚ but also had symptoms of other personality and mood disorders. For the sake of Hollywood the film did take schizophrenia to entirely new levels. Some of this hype was generated
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that parental history as well as social environment and location of where the mother lives are also factors in the brain development that can lead to autistic disorders. Autism usually occurs from certain genes the baby receives from its parents and it happens in the early brain developmental stage. There are many types of autism disorders and researchers believe that there are many different ways of getting autism which is why this particular author wrote this article. In the second article the
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Tammy Richards PSY/240 October 10‚ 2012 Rose Ann King‚ PhD Diagnosing psychiatric diseases or disorders can be very difficult. Because of this‚ diagnosis is usually done by determining the symptoms of each patient and comparing them to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association‚ DSM-IV-TR. Schizophrenia is one of those disorders. The areas of the brain that are affected by this disorder are the forebrain‚ hindbrain and
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