Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual‚ and Personality Disorders Paper PSY 410 October 13‚ 2011 Brigitte Crowell Eating‚ Substance Abuse‚ Sex/Gender/Sexual‚ and Personality Disorder paper The combination of eating‚ substance abuse‚ sex/gender/sexual and personality disorders have much in common‚ the understanding of how genetics‚ biological‚ emotional‚ behavioral‚ environmental and social learning impact the disorders. Americans suffering from multiple disorders are women and men‚ with their lives
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Avoidant personality disorder University of Wilmington Abstract This research report discusses the Avoidant Personality Disorder. It discusses the inciting incident that may have given birth to the very development of this disorder. Furthermore the effects of the incident will be overviewed showing the varying aspects of an individual’s life that are directly affected. I have included the various types of treatment and their effectiveness at attempting
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Schizoid Personality Disorder: The Nature and Characteristics of Schizoid Cole Butler Sonoma State University Abstract Eugen Bleuler first used the term “Schizoid” in 1908 and described it as “...a human tendency to direct attention toward one ’s inner life and away from the external world”. Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) is characterized by a lack of interest in any form of social relationship‚ a solitary lifestyle‚ and secretness. People
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Narcissistic Personality disorder is a rare personality disorder which is mainly driven by dramatic emotional behavior‚ parallel to antisocial and borderline personality disorders. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) has many symptoms that are often very common in regular people. Symptoms that anybody may have experience at least once in their lifetime without understanding what may have been the driving forces behind behaviors. In this paper‚ I will go more in depth on this personality disorder‚ the
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Borderline Personality Disorder What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness characterized by a repetitive pattern of disorganization and irresolution in self-conception‚ interpersonal relationships‚ mood‚ and demeanor. The instability associated with this disorder is often disruptive to the individual ’s personal and professional life‚ long term goals‚ and self identity. Webster ’s New World Medical Dictionary states‚ "Distortions in cognition
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Running head: BIOLOGICAL AND HUMANISTIC APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY Mileva Repasky PSYC 250 Jean M. Porter University of Phoenix Personality can be defined as “the complex of all the attributes-behavioral‚ temperamental‚ emotional and mental-that characterizes a unique individual.” (Princeton University‚ n.d.) Personality has been studied and explained for a long time and is linked directly to Maslow’s humanistic and biological theories. This paper seeks to describe the biological factors
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Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder On October 25‚ 1994‚ Susan Smith drowned her two sons‚ Michael and Alex‚ in the John D. Long Lake in Union County‚ South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3‚ she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan’s defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as having dependent personality disorder. He described her as a person who "feels
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Paranoid personality disorder Paranoid Personality Disorder is a disorder commonly mistaken for schizophrenic personality disorders. It is organized into the cluster A of personality disorders making it a dramatic or emotional personality disorder. “a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of distrust and suspicion of others resulting in a tendency to attribute the motives of others to malevolence” (paranoid personality disorder‚ 2005). Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder
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Borderline personality disorder is a disordered behavior pattern that develops by early adulthood‚ and is characterized by multiple types of psychological instability and impulsiveness‚ often involves intense and frequent mood changes‚ fear of abandonment‚ and a risk of suicide according to Merriam-Webster.com. In Oldham’s article “Personality Disorders” he states that in many important ways‚ we are what we do. It is easier to determine the “what” of our personality rather than the “why”. We all
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Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality PSY/250 University of Phoenix Theories in the field of psychology‚ more specifically personality‚ strongly rely on the collection of observational data. These observations are key in the development of certain theories. However‚ conflicting theories often arise. For that reason‚ in order to understand personality‚ different approaches must be studied. The biological approach explains that genes and hormones play a large role in personality
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