Dependent Personality Disorder in Women Kimberly L. Johnson Abstract This paper will examine the DSM disorder of Dependent Personality Disorder in Women. The focus of this paper will be to highlight the differentiation, diagnosis and treatment of this specific pathological personality disorder. According to the DSM, Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD) is characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be cared for by others that usually lead to clingy and fears of separation. In professional
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Chapter 1. Literature Review: Borderline Personality Disorder in university students 1.1 Chapter Overview The literature review first presents the evolution of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) over the past 60 years, highlighting the shift from psychodynamic perspectives to that of biological and environmental determinates. Diagnostic classification of BPD is then examined, and subsequently discussed in terms of sectors of psychopathology that serve to demarcate the disorder. Next, dominant
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Major Psychological Disorders Outline * Anxiety Disorders: The occurrence of anxiety without an obvious external cause, affecting daily functioning. * Phobic Disorder: an intense, irrational fear of a specific object or situation. (See figure 1 pg. 400) 1. Claustrophobia: 2. Acrophobia: 3. Xenophobia: 4. Social phobia: * Panic Disorder: Anxiety disorder that takes the form of panic attacks lasting from a few seconds to as long as several hours. Although the physical symptoms
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Personality Disorder Personality disorders are mental health conditions that affect how people manage their feelings and how they relate to other people. Disturbances of feeling and distorted beliefs about other people can lead to odd behavior, which can be distressing and which other people may find upsetting. The main symptoms are: being overwhelmed by negative feelings such as distress, anxiety, worthlessness or anger avoiding other people and feeling empty and emotionally disconnected
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Schizotypal personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a need for social isolation, anxiety in social situations, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs (Rosell, Futterman, McMaster, Siever, 2014). People with this disorder feel extreme discomfort with maintaining close relationships with people, so they avoid forming them. Peculiar speech mannerisms and odd modes of dress are also diagnostic signs of this disorder. In some cases, people with SPD may
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character in the movie is Cheswick, when he is introduced in the movie he is playing poker with some of the other characters. During poker Cheswick clings to the other characters and becomes distraught out of nowhere. Cheswick most likely has borderline personality disorder which is, a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by unstable relationships with other people, unstable sense of self, and unstable
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concerns about the implementation of a new intervention with some of their clients that already were working with other interventions. Most clinicians agreed that CBT would be useful working with severe mental illness, persons exposed to trauma, and personality disorders (Stirman et. al.,
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Mental Health Disorders Anxiety Disorder *Category of interrelated mental illness involving anxiety reactions in response to stress. anxiety disorders. (n.d.) Examples: Agoraphobia * Fear of being in a public place where escape would be embarrassing or difficult. This is particularly prevalent when a person fears they have a panic attack General Anxiety Disorder ( GAD) * Anxiety symptoms occur in multiple environments and due to
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diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life. Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. The good news about mental illness is that recovery is possible. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion, or income. Metal illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character, or poor upbringing
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Sue, 2009, p.445). Eating disorders not only affect adolescents but adults also. Both men a and women suffer from eating disorders, however women and girls are more likely to have a negative self image and engage in disordered eating patterns. Even though the population of the United States is becoming heavier, women are increasingly putting an emphasis on being thinner. Men also affected by distorted eating patterns, however with male adolescents and college-aged boys weight dissatisfaction revolves
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