Multiple Personality Disorder Multiple Personality Disorder is also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)‚ which is a severe condition in which two or more identities‚ or personalities‚ are present and take control of an individual. The person will also experience memory loss‚ causing them not to remember any of their identities but their own. DID was called Multiple Personality Disorder until 1994‚ when the name was changed to reflect a better understanding of the condition‚ that it is
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old African American male who is showing symptomology of a personality disorder from the Cluster B group which is described as the “dramatic‚ erratic and emotional group” (Biedel 2014). Tony describes that much of his life has been chaotic which has led to him experience emotional dysregulation and behavior impulsivity (Biedel 2014). For Tony to be able to have the Antisocial Personality Disorder he would have needed to have a conduct disorder diagnosis during his childhood and additional symptomology
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that she would likely want to lose additional weight after reaching that goal in order to ‘feel satisfied’. She denied feeling hungry and denied any history of alcohol or drug abuse. At the time of evaluation‚ there was no evidence of thought disorder except for the delusion that her sister‚ who had died two years previously of pneumonia and rhabdomyolosis (likely secondary to alcohol dependence)‚ was on a trip and would return. The patient appeared mildly depressed and anxious; her sleep‚ memory
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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 psychological disorder characterized by paranoia and‚ is always suspiciousness and not trusting of others. Schizophrenia‚ paranoid type or Paranoid schizophrenia also a psychological Disorders‚ and is the most common type of schizophrenia. Many people with both either of the personality disorder are often oversensitive‚ very quick-tempered. A person with Schizophrenia is not in touch with reality‚ the clinical description of Schizophrenia is they are often paranoid
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School bullying may affect students including victims and bullies. It has short and long term consequence that will affect their personality or even their future. Victims Firstly‚ victims who are being bullied may experience many immediate mental or physical health-related consequences. There is a studies show that victims have more psychological stress such as anxiety‚ sadness‚ low-esteem‚ sleep difficulties‚ headaches‚ stomach pain and general tension then their peers who are not being bullied
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purpose of the case analysis is to address the concerns of borderline personality disorder and appropriate treatments to reduce the symptoms. The theoretical orientation and peer-review articles will support the effectiveness of the chosen treatment intervention. Additional treatments will be described to eliminate the behaviors within the disorder. According to Gorenstein and Comer (2015)‚ the borderline personality disorder describe individuals in unstable moods‚ behaviors‚ and emotional relationships
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Castle Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation The purpose of this paper is to match the disorders in Appendix H to the appropriate case studies according to the DSM-IV. I will also discuss possible causes and treatments of the disorders that I successfully matched. There were five case studies and seven disorders so therefore there were two that were not used. The psychological disorders that were used were schizoid‚ narcissistic‚ somatoform‚ dissociative‚ and schizophrenia. In reference to Case Study number
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Prisoner Rehabilitation Antisocial personality disorder is considered one of the most difficult of all personality disorders to treat. Individuals rarely seek treatment on their own and may only initiate therapy when mandated by a court. The efficacy of treatment for antisocial personality disorder is largely unknown. Few individuals seek medical attention specifically for antisocial personality disorder‚ or ASP. Antisocials who seek care do so for other problems such as marital problems‚ alcohol
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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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