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
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Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is characterized as a mental disorder of an individual’s pattern of guiltless behavior and the pattern of being socially irresponsible (Black 1). Antisocial Personality Disorder is not the most well-known disorder of all the personality disorders.The research on the cause and effect of ASPD is still being performed. Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder are more prone to breaking the law and breaking the rules of etiquette in social situations due
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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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Antisocial Personality Disorder “Antisocial” is a constantly used slang for different‚ abnormal‚ or socially awkward individuals. But do we really know what’s behind this word’s meaning? In the U.S‚ approximately 1% of the population have an antisocial disorder‚ of which three percent of them are males and only one percent are female. Why is that number so low? These individuals are incredibly difficult to identify and tend to blend into society very easily. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is
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Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorder Each of us has a personality or group of characteristics or traits which influence the way we think‚ feel‚ and behave. These make us a unique individual. Someone may be described as having a ’personality disorder’ if their personal characteristics cause regular and long term problems in the way they cope with life and interact with other
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on the news‚ but no one truly understand them or their disorder. Dexter is a show that truly brought this mental illness to life‚ and understanding it is a job in itself. Dexter is a television show with a young man who is a serial killer that kills killers. While this is an extraordinary idea‚ the idea can still be examined and his characteristics are plausible. Being able to understand the characteristics of an antisocial personality disorder patient‚ what causes the disease‚ and what the outcome
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Antisocial personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder is when the person shows no respect for others or ignores others rights. These people tend to manipulate or tease others. Another name for this disorder would be sociopathy. Antisocial personality disorder is thought to be caused by several things such as abnormalities in the development of the nervous system‚ it can be possibly inherited‚ linked to head injuries‚ or even caused by a dysfunctional family and or home life. Some of the
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Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) is a program established in the United Kingdom‚ after a high-profile case of Michael Stone. Several years before Mr. Stone killed a mother and her child‚ he was diagnosed with ‘untreatable’ personality disorder. (Batty‚ 2002). He was not detained due to UK’s Mental Health Act of 1983‚ which states that patients are only allowed to be committed if the psychiatrists believed that the person is treatable and
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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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3 8 May 2014 Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder) Multiple Personality disorder also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities‚ or personality states‚ are present in and alternately take control of an individual. DID is a disorder characterized by identity fragmentation rather than a proliferation of separate personalities. DID was called Multiple Personality Disorder until 1994‚ when the name
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