Antisocial personality disorder

fictional book unless the character is specifically stated to already have one, readers don’t consider the characters to of these books to have a mental disorder, or that the author that wrote the book could have one either. Some authors, such as Charles Dickens, were around in a time that they didn’t have the capability of diagnosing mental disorders. What about the characters in these authors stories? Readers don’t think anything can be wrong with them, but what if the characters were real…

this behavior readers can easily infer that Rex went through the same thing as a child. Whatever he endured during his childhood, as well as the loss of a child in the beginning of memoir, could’ve triggered depression and/or post traumatic stress disorder. Rex’s alcoholism is most likely a cover up for the mental illness he may be suffering from. His own wife might play her own role in his alcoholism as well. He tried twice throughout the book to get sober for his kids, and succeeded, only to…

misconception of many is to assume that psychopathy and sociopathy are the same disorders. While they are very similar there are key characteristics which make them different. These mental disorders are classified differently in the DSM-5 “The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders” in addition to that both are under the subgroup of antisocial personality disorder. It is common for both mental disorders to be used in the place of one another. Although there are significant…

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) The first psychological disorder to be recognized in the field of psychology was psychopathy, which sometimes is known as sociopathy. Psychopathy is a personality disorder, which refers to individuals who display tendencies of antisocial behavior and traits. Some of the behaviors associated with Psychopathy are grandiosity, egocentricity, deceptiveness, shallow emotions, lack empathy, irresponsibility and impulsivity. They also have the tendency to…

The movie centers around the new arrival, Randle Patrick McMurphy, who is a criminal transferred from prison to a mental institution to be evaluated to determine if he is truly insane. When he is first asked by the administrator why he is thought to be insane, McMurphy describes himself with characteristics that seem to fit the description of a sociopath. Shortly following his arrival it is apparent that he has disregard for rules, order and structure. Given this behavior he soon finds an…

that showcases the story of a mentally ill man named Kevin who has a severe case of dissociative identity disorder. Kevin (James McAvoy) has twenty-three different identities that all live inside of his body. Each identity takes turns in coming into “the light” and being exposed to the outside world while controlling every bit of Kevin’s body. When three of Kevin’s twenty-three personalities (Dennis, Patricia and Hedwig) take control of “the light” and kidnap three young women, Casey Cooke (Ana…

how it felt. Later on, he killed again after being released because it had been years since he had done so; he wanted to relive the moment.) Psychopaths also think highly of themselves but low of others. Some may be victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or may not have experienced the care they should have as children. This leaves a gap for that experience and they do not know anything regarding it. For example, in Chapter 7 of our psychology textbook, we might note pseudo-forgetting was a…

She’s addicted to laxatives and has a compulsive eating disorder. She ends up killing herself from the heightened anxiety she had. F: Fear- Susanna has a fear of not knowing what happens when she’s unconscious or doesn’t keep up with time. She constantly needs answers so she doesn’t miss anything that has happened…

Suzanna, for instance, had some sort of a personality disorder, which caused her to be detached and lofty. Georgina was a pathological liar that was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz. You can tell from her personality that she just has the constant urge to lie, and may even have some sort of bi-polar disorder. Polly was badly burned in a fire when she was a kid, which causes her to never want to grow up. She gravitates towards…

To what extent does genetics influence behavior? Genes determine behavior to some extent, but they are not alone in doing so; the environment also has an impact. A research validating this is one conducted by Moffitt et al. (2002) 1where they studied maltreated children until adulthood to deduce the reason for the development of aggressive behavior in some of the children. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the impact of genes on aggression, the actions of a person with the intention of…