KENYATTA UNIVERSITY KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT UNIT CODE: APS 100 UNIT NAME: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT NAME: SYLVIA NJOKI ESILABA C117/2923/2012 TASK: WRITE A PAPER ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS. LECTURER’S NAME: MRS. ESTHER MUTHOGA INTRODUCTION. A person’s character structure is a product of habitual
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Abbey is diagnosed with Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD) due to her difficulty making decisions on her own‚ never taking blame for her negative behaviors‚ having trouble taking starting activities‚ and constantly needing company/support. DPD is when an individual has excessive amounts of fear about separation and preforms clingy behavior towards a loved one or friend (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). Abbey reported her past relationship have failed because of her clingy behavior. In addition
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Cluster C consists of personality disorders in which nervous and fearful comportment is dominant. People with these personality disorders are often viewed as antisocial and reserved. Cluster C personality disorders are made up of the following: Dependent personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) personality disorder. Dependent Personality Disorder is a mental disorder where the sufferers exhibits an excessive need to be taken care of‚ submissive‚ needy
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Select a mental illness of your choice and discuss your response to the following questions: The mental illness I chose is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) also known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Two or more personalities/ identities non-simultaneously. With DID individuals may not remember events under the character they are operating from at the time of the incident while under the control of the other identity. Characteristics of DID or MPD includes altering ego’s which are usually
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First disorder of cluster B is antisocial personality disorder. It is regarded as serious violation of the significance and privileges of other people usually starting from 15 year of age. Disorder is indicated by seven criteria symptoms. Criterial items measure diverse realms of a personality. It contain four items in the relational realm displaying a failure to comply to social norms‚ irresponsibility‚ deceitfulness or fraudulence and having no concern and regard to the well-being of others‚ one
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Dependent Personality Disorder Definition Most common long-term condition formerly known as asthenic personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. Clients who have been diagnosed with Dependent Personality disorder depend on other people to meet their emotional and physical needs‚ with only a minority achieving normal levels of independence. Cause The cause for Dependent Personality Disorder is unknown but usually begins in childhood. Contributing
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Paranoid personality disorder is a disorder that sounds like many people could have. However just like other disorders there are some requirement that each person must meet in order to diagnose them with this disorder. Social workers should be able to differentiate this disorder from other disorder by ensuring that the client meets all of the criteria for this disorder as well as ensuring that they are familiar with the DSM. Some symptoms for this disorder that are different from other disorder is that
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Contrast Types of Personality Disorders Written Assignment 5: Compare and Contrast Types of Personality Disorders and Identifying the Three Clusters into Which Most Personality Disorders are Grouped By: Keturah Albright Abnormal Psychology HDV-284074-01X-10FA2 Professor/ Instructor: Jonathan Gibralter Compare and Contrast Types of Personality Disorders Personality disorder is defined as‚ gradual development of inflexible and distorted personality and behavioral patterns
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Diagnosis: Thirty-two year old Brian Hamilton has been court ordered to receive psychotherapy. His history suggests that he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Brian displays feelings of superiority and specialness (Criterion 1). He believes that he is so special and unique that he can only be understood by other special high-status people (Criterion 3). When Brian first sought out therapy‚ he insisted that he needed an expert and even questioned the experience of a well-qualified highly regarded
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Some causes of getting a disorder may be because of (reason doesn’t have to be because of one of these): * Family history with personality Disorder * Experiencing abuse/negation as a child * Loss of parents/divorce * Low income * Unstable life Some causes of getting a disorder may be because of (reason doesn’t have to be because of one of these): * Family history with personality Disorder * Experiencing abuse/negation as a child * Loss of parents/divorce
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