Introduction
Ricardo Leyva Ramirez (Richards) was born on February 28th, 1980 in El Paso, Texas. He was born into a Mexican-American family, and he was the youngest out of five children. Richards had four brothers and one sister. Richards loved his younger brother Joseph, who was born with defects. He grew up with both parents, but his father was abusive, which made Richards very upset to see his father abuse his brothers. According to a short documentary, Richards was a happy child despite the abuse. He loved to dance to the radio music, and he was always happy and giggling. Richards suffered from head injuries at the age of two and five but had no damage, and he was considered a good child with plenty of friends.
Richards was a very attractive young boy and always seemed to have girls after him. He developed epileptic attacks. His parents and his teachers were prepared to help him when his episodes occurred. Richards was not able to play …show more content…
The diagnostic criteria require that the behaviors must appear in two or more of the certain areas, which are the perception of self, the intensity and duration of feelings towards situations, relationships with people around, and the ability to control self. Analyzing Richards’s case, he loses touch with his family members as is well noted once he gets to high school where his character changes and he drops school.
The onset of personality disorders is around the age when Richards begins to show a path of deviance – adolescence and early adulthood. Psychiatrists rarely provide a diagnosis to people who are not yet adolescents because personalities are still in the formulation process and may change in a considerable manner by the time they are teenagers. In retrospect, though, many people with personality disorders could be reported as to have shown evidence of their deviance in
Ricardo Leyva Ramirez (Richards) was born on February 28th, 1980 in El Paso, Texas. He was born into a Mexican-American family, and he was the youngest out of five children. Richards had four brothers and one sister. Richards loved his younger brother Joseph, who was born with defects. He grew up with both parents, but his father was abusive, which made Richards very upset to see his father abuse his brothers. According to a short documentary, Richards was a happy child despite the abuse. He loved to dance to the radio music, and he was always happy and giggling. Richards suffered from head injuries at the age of two and five but had no damage, and he was considered a good child with plenty of friends.
Richards was a very attractive young boy and always seemed to have girls after him. He developed epileptic attacks. His parents and his teachers were prepared to help him when his episodes occurred. Richards was not able to play …show more content…
The diagnostic criteria require that the behaviors must appear in two or more of the certain areas, which are the perception of self, the intensity and duration of feelings towards situations, relationships with people around, and the ability to control self. Analyzing Richards’s case, he loses touch with his family members as is well noted once he gets to high school where his character changes and he drops school.
The onset of personality disorders is around the age when Richards begins to show a path of deviance – adolescence and early adulthood. Psychiatrists rarely provide a diagnosis to people who are not yet adolescents because personalities are still in the formulation process and may change in a considerable manner by the time they are teenagers. In retrospect, though, many people with personality disorders could be reported as to have shown evidence of their deviance in