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    B My Brilliant Career --Fact and Fiction through Film-- My Brilliant Career- Miles Franklin Source: http://www.tvmem.com/OZST/ffilms/M-FFILM/MYBRILLI.htm Précis Sybylla Melvyn is a headstrong‚ free-spirited young woman. Her enthusiasm towards wanted to be different in the 1890’s and become a writer‚ became a struggle

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    Tony T. meets criteria for the diagnoses of F60.2 Antisocial Personality Disorder and F10.99 Unspecified Alcohol-Related Disorder. The criteria that Tony meets according to the DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013) is the following: A. 1. Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors‚ an example of this is that Tony has been arrested several times for felonies like armed robbery and kidnapping. 2. Impulsivity‚ he complained of a sudden impulse to stab other residents

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    Scarlett O’Hara: Histrionic Personality Disorder Taylor D. Witte Flagler College Abstract This paper will discuss this process of diagnosing the character of Scarlett O’Hara from the novel Gone with The Wind with Histrionic Personality Disorder. Because of her symptoms‚ shown in the novel and the movie of the same title‚ O’Hara’s diagnosis might have more than one disorder. The possible causes and a treatment plan will also be examined in this paper. Introduction

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    Self-injury Self-injury is a behavior in which people deliberately harm their own bodies in some way to cope with overwhelming emotions. Self-injury frequently is an impulsive act. You may become upset and spontaneously seek a way to hurt yourself‚ recklessly doing damage to their body. Other times‚ self-injury may be inflicted in a controlled‚ methodical manner. You may even plan it in advance‚ taking steps to avoid detection and to prevent infections. This act of behavior is not an attempt

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    distinguish from plain criminal shoplifting. But frequently these petty thieves have underlying depression and have suffered from eating disorders - bulimia or anorexia nervosa. None of that may be picked up when they are hauled off to the police station or brought to stand in the dock months later. So it is more than likely that many women with this psychological disorder - it gives them a marked sense of relief as they scurry from the department store with a pillowcase under their coat - are now in

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    “Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a pattern of socially irresponsible‚ exploitative‚ and guiltless behavior. Rates of natural and unnatural death (suicide‚ homicide‚ and accidents) are excessive. ASPD is a predictor of poor treatment response”(Black). Over 3.5 percent of people suffer from antisocial personality disorder today; they have a disregard for right and wrong and a lack of empathy about harming others

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    The film “Gone Girl” told the story of a young married couple who reached their fifth year anniversary. The film alternated between present-day when husband Nick arrives to his residence to find his wife missing and wife Amy narrating from her point of view that she transcribe in a journal. Surprised by the wrecked house upon his arrival Nick decides to call the local authorities who reported to the scene immediately. Due to the signs of struggle‚ and a splatter of blood found in the residence‚ the

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder Dr. Gregory House was born on the 11th of June 1958 from a relationship between Blythe house‚ his mother‚ and an unknown male. His mother was a house wife married to a marine pilot‚ John House‚ who was not present when House was conceived being on overseas active duty. His mother also had an affair with another man‚ Thomas Bell‚ who House mistook for his father because of the physical characteristics that they shared. House’s father was

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    In his early life that was traumatic. He grew up with no nurturing from his father and that can cause him to be the way he is. Lars shows most symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder. This was most likely triggered when he was young by the traumatic experience he went through. He fits the description of schizoid personality disorder

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    A. DSM IV CRITERIA DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative identity disorder. Presence of two or more identities or personalities that take control of the person’s behavior; loss of memory for important personal information. B. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTER INFLICTED WITH THE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER Sybil Dorsett‚ the character in the movie inflicted with the psychiatric disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)‚ is a very simple woman who due to her love for painting

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