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    Ordinary People

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    Ordinary people 1. What is dialectic? Dialectic is like treat people with borderline personality disorder. It explains relational life as full of pus-pull tensions resulting from the desire for polar opposites. Autonomy and Connection It desire to be independent or dependence while simultaneously wanting to feel connection with the partner EX: Beth and Calvin have the connection dialectic when they decide to go on a vacation together. Conrad has autonomy dialectic after he

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    Case Study Of Grinch

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    Antisocial personality disorder is a personality disorder marked by a general pattern of disregard for and the violation of other people’s rights. The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders classifies the Grinch having antisocial personality disorder by a pattern of disregard for others and the violation of other rights happening since age fifteen years old. The Grinch indicated

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    whole community and the ones she loves most‚ she was otherwise forced to do the things that she did. In this essay I will explain one of the many negative encounters that Zahra had‚ IDENTITY PROBLEMS. She had what is called‚ Schizoid. This is a personality disorder that originates from a lack of interest in social relationships and results in a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle‚ secretiveness‚ emotional coldness‚ and sometimes (sexual) apathy‚ with a simultaneous rich‚ elaborate‚ and exclusively internal

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    footsteps of her fellow peers. After a nearly successful suicide attempt‚ she is recommended to stay at the Claymoore mental institution. Here she is diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder. At this institution‚ at first‚ she was not used to the loud chaos of all the different patients and their different disorders‚ she felt she didn’t belong there. However‚ she starts to learn more about each of the patients and overtime she starts to feel at home‚ the institution is the only place where

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    Film Analysis

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    James Mangold Film producers: Carol Bodie and Winona Ryder Year of film: 1999 Film stars: - Winona Ryder plays the part of Susanna Kaysen the autobiographical main character who is admitted into a psychiatric ward to be treated for borderline personality disorder following a suicide attempt. - Angelina Jolie is the character Lisa Rowe‚ an ex-junkie and diagnosed sociopath who enjoys making trouble for the staff and periodically escapes from the hospital. - Clea DuVall plays Georgina Tuskin a patient

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    Abstract This paper analyses the Borderline Personality Disorder. The analysis is based on the movie " Girl Interrupted". This movie is based on a true story of Susanna Kaysen. The paper presents the description of disorder based on DSM-IV-TR and The National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impulsivity‚ unstable and intense interpersonal relationships‚ an unstable self-image‚ frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment‚ inappropriate

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    Brain Dysfunction

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    Your Mind [Web]. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=48023&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= Lynam‚ D. R.‚ & Vachon‚ D. D. (2012). Antisocial personality disorder in DSM-5: Missteps and missed opportunities. Personality Disorders: Theory‚ Research‚ And Treatment‚ 3(4)‚ 483-495. doi:10.1037/per0000006 Law‚ B. (Producer) (2007). In the shadow of feeling [Web]. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=40667&

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    abilities‚ traits‚ moods‚ or efforts. Situational attributions- external attributions‚ refer to outside events‚ such as the weather‚ accidents‚ or people’s actions Fundamental attribution error- we tend to overemphasize the importance of personality traits and underestimate the importance or enviromental reasons of situation. Ex. Women fighting to board train Explain and give examples of causes of interpersonal attraction‚ including proximity‚ familiarity‚ similarity‚ reciprocity‚ arousal

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    Dsm-Iv Evaluation

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    Valerie Lopez Axia of University of Phoenix DSM-IV Evaluation Case 1 – Schizoid Personality Disorder The first case study was matched with Schizoid personality disorder; the symptoms matched Josephine’s inability to be social and her emotional coldness. Genetic and environmental factors are common causes in Schizoid personality disorder as well as chromosomal and nervous system disorder. Some treatments that are available are psychotherapy‚ cognitive behavior therapy which focuses

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    Clinical Assessment

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    Clinical Assessment PSY270 June 23‚ 2013 Elizabeth Cole Clinical Assessment Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter‚ Clara‚ to see Dr. Mason‚ a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason‚ but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums‚ during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating

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