Running head: PERSONALITY DISORDER Borderline Personality Disorder Daddy Pimp Bakersfield College Borderline Personality Disorder Personality disorders are psychological disorders, which can affect a person's life. Having a personality disorder can have a negative affect on one's every aspect of life. ... Personality disorders can range from mild to severe. Of all the personality disorders, one of the most common disorders yet most evasive is the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). ... The borderline's anger can be a cry for ...

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Antisocial Personality Disorder seems to be increasing at a rapid rate, but there are now ways to identify, treat and protect people. ... When help is sought out the clinician will run a few tests to rule out anything else that can be causing these signs and symptoms. They will begin with a physical exam, following with blood work and lab tests, ending with a psychological evaluation. ... Antisocial Personality Disorder is not a life ending mental disease. There are tests to prevent any life altering decisions before they are made as well as treatments in place to help the patient overc...

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Anti-social personality disorder is an affliction that many people will argue is caused by either nature or nurture, but in my opinion it is nature that causes people to develop this disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is defined as "a personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing even towards friends and family members. ... (Psychology sixth edition, G-1) Anti-social personality disorder can be traced to the genes of the people who suffer from this affliction. ... Because psychopaths have a lack for not caring, being hooked up ...

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All different types of personality disorders will be mentioned that are associated with becoming a psychopath. ... What factors trigger an adolescent dealing with personality disorder to become a Psychopath? ... What factors trigger an adolescent, dealing with personality disorder, to become a psychopath? ... Over the past 20 years, the genetic testing of psychiatric disorders among children has increased our knowledge upon it. By using molecular testing on children with the psychopathology disorder, many are trying to pinpoint the etiology of any genetic mutation that enhances psychopatholog...

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Lev-Wiesel (2005) conducted a study based on a technique known as the Draw-A-Person (DAP) test "to examine to what extent dissociative identity disorder is reflected in human figure drawings." ... Additionally, Lev-Wiesel's study demonstrates how the DAP test is beneficial for assessment of DID which, as mentioned previously, may be difficult. ... To assume that an individual may be diagnosed and/or fully treated using the DAP test would be implausible and highly unsubstantial. ... Peterson's (2003) treatment focuses primarily on Dissociative Identity Disorder 8 the integration of ...

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There are many different disorder that a person can have with multiple personality disorder like having dissociative identity disorder, anxiety, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. ... DID is known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), and is usually called split personality disorder. ... Each personality is different that makes up the person. ... There has been studies now to test many people to find out if they have this disorder to help them manage through the tough times. ... The test was with people that had the disorder and the people that didn'...

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These biological theories are more developed and easier to test. ... Two types of research have been used in testing Gough's theory. ... The second test of role understanding was researched by Reed and Caudra (1957). ... Eysenck's theory of psychopathy was based on a three-dimensional model of personality. ... Eysenck used psychoticism in order to be more comprehensive in his description of personality. ...

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Psychiatrists have found out that a history of animal cruelty was significantly associated with antisocial personality disorder (APD), antisocial personality traits, and polysubstance abuse. In a recent study, investigators tested the hypothesis that the temptation to harm an animal is associated with APD by looking for associations with other disorders commonly diagnosed in a population of criminal defendants. ...

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However, experts have offered theories involving causal factors range from personality problems to family, social, and economic considerations (Reed). ... The two most prominent are personality and intelligence (Siegel & Senna, 1991, p.106). Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1974, p. 2) identified a number of personality characteristics that characterize delinquents:  Self-assertiveness  Defiance  Extroversion  Suspicion  Defiance  Poor pe...

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After a short meeting with her psychiatrist she is shipped off to a mental hospital for her borderline personality disorder. ... Doctors should run many more tests to see what type of depression you have and to what degree you have it. ...

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(ii) The psychodynamic model focuses on internal personality characteristics. ... (ii) Axis II This refers to disorders that are lifelong in nature; this includes mental retardation and personality disorders. ... A key aspect of hypochondriasis is that a person worries about having a particular disease even after medical tests prove otherwise. 10. ...

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John Ronson tackles the notion that some children are being diagnosed with mental disorders they do not have in his book, The Psychopath Test. ... In Chapter 10 of The Psychopath Test, Ronson refers to the DSM-V as having, "too many unrealistic mental diagnoses or disorders", some diagnoses for example in the DSM-V were Internet Addiction, or even being a homosexual. It was easy for any kind of person no matter what type of personality to go through the DSM-V and easily self-diagnose themselves as having one or two of any of these mental disorders but who says that these are factual ...

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Rather than undertaking a series of psychological testing, the defence has to try to prove to the judge/jury that their client is in fact mentally ill based on a 163 year old ruling. Of course psychologists are consulted, and some testing may be done, but very little significance is placed on these outcomes rather it comes back to the M"Naughten ruling on whether or not the defendant was unaware of the act he was committing at the time. ... In previous cases, insanity defences have been based on the accused suffering from a variety of psychological disorders including paranoid schizophreni...

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Multiple personality disorder (MPD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by having at least one "alter" personality, which controls behavior. ... At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior. ... The literature defines a cure as integration-the repeated merging of one personality with another until only one remains. ... The first is building trust-Multiples have been betrayed by the people they should have been able to count on, and they constantly "test" their therapists. ... In theory, once a memory is recovered, the perso...

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He says that when he was diagnosed with these diseases, he had CAT scans and blood tests, among many other tests, but in actually being diagnosed, all that doctors can do is ask a series of questions to the patient and make a guess based on the responses that they get. ... It reinforces people's misunderstandings about schizophrenia, that it's a split personality and that the person is violent. ...

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The manual also states that a diagnosis of antisocial personality must meet several requirements: a failure to conform to social norms, consistent deceitfulness, impulsiveness, failure to plan ahead, irritability, aggressiveness, a consistent disregard for work and family obligations, a consistent disregard for the safety of oneself and others, and lastly, a lack of regret or remorse (Harvard, 2000). ... Brandi was evaluated by several different diagnostic tests during her stay at Children's hospital. ... The Trauma Symptom Checklist for Adolescents, Reynolds Adolescent Depression Sc...

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These diseases can be bipolar disorder, different kinds of personality disorders, constantly paranoid, depression, brain tumors and temporal lobe epilepsy. ... Therapy can teach them to test their thoughts and perceptions on reality. ...

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So please, if you suspect any girl in your immediate family or relatives to be experiencing any of the "passive" symptoms I just talked about, consult your doctor and have him/her do evaluations on the child specifically targeting ADHD as the potential cause, so that's the number one test that could either rule out the possibility or confirm the disorder. ... Psychologist Nicky Crick proposes a theory called "relational personality style" which argues that unlike males, females are more emotionally sensitive to relational events. ... For those who are parents in the a...

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The objective and informative view of the essay offers perspective on how common the mental illness plea or verdict is brought up in legal cases and how a jury comes to such a verdict based on the variety of tests that have been used throughout history. ... In Robert Kinscherff's proposition in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, he discusses the reasons personality disorders should qualify as a plea of legal insanity just as any other mental disorder would be. ... Kinscherff argues that the DSM classification for personality disorders often crosses over with mental illnesses that d...

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These complications, as discussed, may include incarceration, delinquency, addiction, and the further development of CD into Anti-Social Personality Disorder or even psychopathy (Belini, 2014). As a result it is imperative that effective treatments be researched, tested, and implemented – for both the future well being of the children affected as well as society as a whole. ...

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Introduction Would you risk everything just to be skinny? Just to be what you thought people wanted you to be? Even if it meant losing you life? Up to twenty-four million people have an eating disorder in the United States alone. The body type known as ideal is possessed by only 5% of American femal...

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The case caused such a public uproar that Queen Victoria ordered the court to develop a stricter test for insanity. ... Ruth's father suffered a Schizotypal Personality Disorder (a need for social isolation, anxiety in social situations, odd behavior and thinking), which did not help him in his religious thinking. ...

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