Essays on Personality Disorders

One of the major public health problems and the societal concerns these days is the maltreatment of children which impacts millions of children all over the world. There are a variety of long and short-term health consequences of child abuse and neglect which leaves a long-lasting impact on the mental and social growth and development of the children. Child abuse does not just mean broken bones or bruises, it impacts the safety, physical, social, mental, emotional and educational needs of the children. Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2010, ...

Avoidant personality disorder (APD) is a long standing maladaptive behavior that is characterized by certain key behavioral characters. Individuals with APD have severe inferiority complex, feel extremely shy and have a constant feeling of inadequacy in a social situation. They have a constant fear of facing rejection and are hypersensitive to embarrassment. The two core feature of this disorder is negative emotions and detachment. Like the pathology of most personality disorders, certain inner experiences direct the outward behavior of patients with APD. Certain personality traits, helps people to adapt to changes in the environment. However, certain aspect of a ...

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One of the most prevalent addictions in our society that has far-reaching social, economic and psychological ramifications is alcoholism. At least 16.3 million Americans who are above 18 years have Alcohol Use Disorder as at 2014. However, not everyone who consumes or excessively consumes alcohol ends up with alcohol use disorder. This study speculates that persons with alcohol addiction have an inherently addictive personality and goes ahead to propose a study to investigate it. Using a random sample, a two group-study will be implemented. Personality test will be used to collect information on addictive personality. A t-test for two-groups ...

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Abstract Mental health issues are mostly related to the problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, mood disorder, psychotic disorders, and personality disorders. They may develop as a result of several factors such as family factors, biological factors, and social factors. Patients of these disorders and their family members require an elevated level of education to deal with these problems. Therefore, it is important to improve the patient education materials that would help in conveying as much essential information to the patients and their family members as possible. In this regard, patients’ education materials can ...

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Many people do not take mental and personality disorders seriously. Nowadays, these disorders are often regarded as mere expressions and temporary states, rather than a serious condition that needs medical attention. For instance, people who are very organized and perfectionist about things, tend to say that they have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OC), when in fact, OCD is far more than being neat, and organized, and wanting perfection in all things. Another instance is when people experience “mood swings”, which are actually normal and are caused by hormones, people have the tendency to self-diagnose saying that they have Bipolar Disorder, when, ...

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Everyone has their own individual character. People’s characters may be similar but definitely are not the same. Most people do not have issues with it and have no problems with their interactions in society and compliance with its laws and regulations. However, some personal features are very different from the expected norms and from generally accepted rules of behavior that cause irritation, discomfort and lack of understanding of others. Such features of temper can cause problems, which affect not only patients but also their close and distant surroundings. Such condition is called personality disorder. Worth noting, that patients ...

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There were several tests made to test the patient’s neuropsychological and personality state. And there are several moments that may look like a situational stress reaction. Since, there were several aspects in the test that make to stop and think. Actually, in the given case stress in not a diagnoses, it may be one of the reasons of some possible disorders. For example, although the patient has average superior level of Perceptual Reasoning (Lichtenberger & Kaufman, 2013), she has troubles with “reading” cards of the test. Judging from the facts, listed by the patient, ...

Eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating without purging the food, have become increasingly common with the constant change of unhealthy demands towards female and male bodies popularized through media. While people of both genders and all ages are susceptible to this set of disorders, adolescent girls are considered an especially vulnerable group. According to Goodheart, Clopton., & Robert-McComb (2012), about 14% of adolescent girls have subclinical eating problems, while 30% of teenage girls having anorexia nervosa will continue suffering from this disorder in the course of their entire lives (p. 33). The worst consequence of ...

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MENTAL DISORDERED EMPLOYEE IN THE WORKPLACE

In the world of the 21st Century worker, many of the prospective employers have been quite understanding and accepting of prioritizing an employee’s well-being. As such, these employers have been devising accommodating attractions for the restless worker of the 21st century. According to the American Psychiatric Foundation (2006), traditionally, the established workplaces in the country have been more or less understanding of employees who carry the perils of heart diseases and diabetes than it has been for employees who are diagnosed to have mental illnesses (i.e. depression or posttraumatic stress disorder). Mental illnesses or as they are ...

Neglect means the lack of appropriate attention and care by a person who is responsible for taking care of somebody (for example, of children, of older people, etc.). Neglect also is defined as a passive form of abuse. Neglectful behavior can be recognized in parental unavailability, the lack of cognitive stimulation, and the lack of achievement expectations There are medical, physical, educational and emotional types of neglect. Physical neglect is a failure in providing appropriate nutrition and shelter. Educational neglect is a failure to satisfy educational, developmental needs of a person. Medical neglect is the lack of appropriate treatment ...

Anti-social personality disorder is a chronic mental condition that affects the way the patient thinks, perceive situations, and relate with other people around. People ailing from this disorder have no feelings with regards to what is considered right and wrong. They often disregard the rights, feelings, and expectations of the people they interact with. It makes the patients malicious in that they tend to treat other people harshly without caring about the outcome of such unfair treatment. They are in conflicts with others since they try to manipulate and treat people with arrogance. The current paper seeks to describe ...

Introduction

Though personality disorders are described by researchers as being widespread and incapacitating, there have been developments in the field, and they have focused on understanding this disorder with intent to treat (Lenzenweger, 2008). Settling on a comprehensive definition, assessment approaches and the management of these disorders has been problematic because of the varying dimensions and impacts to individuals and the general society (Clarkin, Lenzenweger & Meehan, 2015). According to Widiger (2003), individuals often have self-distinguishing approaches to creating and developing relationships, expressing their feelings and thinking. On the same, while some people are outgoing, others have been described as being ...

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is still a fascinating topic in the field of psychology with constant research being done on treatment and possible cures. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is noted for intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that cause significant functional impairment and distress (Thiel, Hertenstein, Nissen, Herbst, Külz & Voderholzer, 2013). There have been countless studies on the treatment outcomes as well as the symptoms of this disorder. This literature serves to provide a synthesis of research on treatment methods as well as understand the classification of personality disorder. The selected literature are all scholarly and rely on current ...