Paranoid Personality Disorder Jessica Alba - (born April 28‚ 1981) is an American actress who’s TV and film credits include Dark Angel‚ Honey‚ Sin City‚ Fantastic Four‚ Into the Blue‚ Idle Hands and 2007’s Good Luck Chuck. Alba’s early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice‚ had pneumonia 4-5 times a year‚ a ruptured appendix‚ and a cyst on her tonsils. She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. Her health
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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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Borderline Personality Disorder Etiology: A history of abuse in the patient’s is very common. Some hypothesize that if‚ as a child‚ the patient was separated from their mother they are more likely to develop BPD‚ therefore developing intense anxiety‚ hypersensitivity to rejection‚ and feelings of abandonment. Medications: SSRIs are the preferred medication given to patients with BPD. Common SSRIs are Prozac‚ Zoloft‚ Lexapro‚ Paxil‚ Luvox. Antipsychotic agents and opiate receptor antagonists may
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regulation. Secondly through Pathological personality disorders; Grandiosity (an aspect of antagonism) - Feelings of entitlement‚ either overt or covert and Attention seeking (an aspect of Antagonism) - Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking others (Aaron L. Pincus‚ 2016) DSM-5 criteria for the diagnostic of Borderline personality disorder were based on the following; Significant Impairments in personality functioning manifested by either; I)Identity-
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Borderline Personality Disorder Jane Doe College of My Choice Borderline Personality Disorder “Personality traits are patterns of thinking‚ perceiving‚ reacting‚ and relating that are relatively stable over time and in various situations” (Porter & Kaplan‚ 2011‚ p. 1553). Personality traits normally begin at adolescence. Most of these traits are upheld through most of life‚ while some of these traits change as we get older. “A personality disorder is a long-lasting
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Borderline Personality Disorder There are many abnormal psychological disorders in the DSM-IV along with various treatment options for them. The American Psychological Association’s (APA) lists that these types of disorders are genetic and learned. The main focus is of one of the possible treatments for the Axis II disorder known as borderline personality disorder (BPD) and that is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Through a discovery of its usefulness for individuals with this disorder‚ the defining
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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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Narcissistic personality disorder. Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance‚ a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that’s vulnerable to the slightest criticism. A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas
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The case study of Tony Taylor is described as a 39 year 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
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do my case study paper on a beautiful woman that suffered from many personality disorders so‚ she was always told. After reading chapter twelve in the textbook‚ I realized that her number one personality disorder did go underdiagnosed or was misdiagnosed. This lady was fascinating because no matter where she was or who she needed to be at that time she would become it. I always referred to her has being a “chameleon.” Not knowing that‚ my choice of words could actually refer to a personality disorder
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