UNIVERSITY of the CARIBBEAN SAVANNA-LA-MAR CAMPUS COURSE: Guidance and Counseling / Psychology (year 3) Borderline Personality Disorder TERM PAPER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT of the COURSE: Abnormal Psychology PRESENTED TO: MS. Loi Perry PRESENTED BY: Kerese Mckenzie ID#: 1220654 Date: March 24, 2016 The current diagnostic criteria set for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is taken from the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (APA, 2013). Patients must meet five of nine criteria
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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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Evaluate the evidence for borderline personality disorder being (a) caused by adverse events in childhood, and (b) treatable? Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is psychiatric disorder characterised by a ubiquitous pattern of instability and impulsivity. Those with BPD struggle to maintain interpersonal relationships due to social inhibition and impulsive aggression. They also tend to find it difficult maintaining a positive self-image, often resulting in a nagging feeling of inadequacy. Of the
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Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) There are disorders in this world where people dissociate themselves from the world. This dissociation is a state of mind where a person becomes detached or separated from reality (Swartz, 2001). Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is one of many of the dissociative disorders. This disorder specifically was previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder. It was known as Multiple Personality Disorder because of the multiple personalities or alters
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Manson only thought about himself and doing things only for himself being self centered, and that how his whole life was from a young age being on the street, he adapted this personality. Narcissism is defined as “inflated self- admiration and constant attempts to draw attention to self and keep others focused on self” (Knight, 2006). Manson was drawn to attention by having his followers come to him and worship his feet. Narcissistic
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Presenting Problem: Pt was diagnosed with Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Conduct Disorder, R/O Opiate Use Disorder and R/O Benzodiazepine Use Disorder. Pt has been admitted to NNBHC acute on x2 IP within the last three months. Pt was recently admitted due to failure of lower level of care, he has been demonstrating an increase in aggression towards his mother and stepfather. Mother also communicated of discovering pills, which seem to be a trigger that causes the aggression towards her
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Assignment: Clinical Assessment Chaz Hedgspeth Axia College What other information would you like to learn during the interview with the family? What questions would you ask? If I were interviewing the family I would want to know extensive information about the child, including her home life, her life at school, and what types of relationships she has in both environments. Does she interact with the children well at school? Does she get punished for doing bad and rewarded for doing
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September 19, 2012 People’s experiences and mistakes help shape them for what they will become. In life, as you are now, you have a certain view point of things. How you think they should be and what you want, but most times this is not the case. This realization that everything is not what it seems can make you come crashing down into reality, or your own version of it. The things we experience truly change you as a person. My experiences that I overcame motivate me and inspire me to change
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Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder Stephanie Feeser COM/155F3 August 25, 2013 Judith Rottsolk Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder Not every disability is visible by looking at a person. Imagine living in a world surrounded by many people yet feeling alone, flawed, damaged, and unable to function in society. A patient suffering from mental illness can have these feelings every day. Education is the key to understanding mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia
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How Bipolar Disorder affects the routine life of a person Lynn University Introduction will begin with information on Bipolar disorder and symptoms to look for. I will add some facts and what treatments are available. Once I get into explain what it is and how to look for it, I want to get into some treatment and medicine that is given. After getting into the explanation and care for the disorder, I would like to explain how it affects your daily routine and what is needed to overcome this
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