Borderline intellectual functioning

Over 100 years ago, one of the most infamous genocides was born; his name was Adolf Hitler. He did a crime against humanity which forever changed the course of history. Most did not see what he might become, “When I saw Hitler, none of his remarks during my treatment suggested madness, there was nothing extraordinary about his behaviors” Dr. Richard Weber, Hitler’s doctor (Jones, 1989). However, there are environmental traumas, personalities, and diagnoses of Hitler that resemblance the serial…

Dating back to the 1800s, serial murders have been recorded around the world, although serial killers are a rare event, “estimated to comprise less than one percent of all murders” (FBI). Over the past years, psychologists, law enforcement agencies, and the media have been studying serial killers since the most famous killer, Jack the Ripper in the 1800s. There are many different definitions of a serial killer. Experts have focused on the number of victims involved, and the types of motives.…

In the world today, girls and boys suffer from trying to impress other people with their body image. You can start to have eating disorders which cause the people to do things to their body that they shouldn't. One eating disorder we are going to talk about is anorexia and bulimia nervosa which we will talk about later. You may also see that people may do self mutilation which is really bad for you and your body, it can lead to cutting yourself and doing things to your body that you shouldn't do…

Conflicted Avoidant Personality Disorder Overview According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook, avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) affects persons who display a pattern of social inhibition, often considering themselves to be socially inept, which is why they avoid social interaction for fear of being rejected, ridiculed or humiliated. They are also extremely sensitive to negative feedback and evaluation, and feels inadequate and inferior. Passive…

Anorexia? Anorexia is an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. It is a lack or loss of appetite for food as a medical condition. (Oxford Dictionary). “Laura,18, died after refusing treatment in anorexia battle”. (Hope 2013) “Anorexia tragedy of teenage cover girl: Parents tell of their grief over 19-year-old who ‘didn’t realize how beautiful she was’.” (Levy 2012) A couple of similar articles were published in the Daily Mail in years 2010,…

During the seventh session after building rapport with Caleb, he divulged important information and stated he had not told anyone before. Caleb shared his fears of getting to know people because he believes he might harm him/her because he thinks he has special powers. Whenever he gets angry with people, bad things happen to him or her. After the new information, the diagnoses I considered were Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Schizotypal Personality Disorder, and Substance Abuse Disorder.…

Verissa Childers Term 4 VN 159 Girl, Interrupted Assignment Girl, Interrupted, was filmed in 1999. The movie is set in the late 1960s about a character named Susanna Kaysen and her stay at Claymore Psychiatric Hospital. She attempted suicide by consuming a whole bottle of Aspirin and vodka. A few day later she discusses the incident with her first Psychiatrist. He suggested that Claymore was a good place for her to recover. She agrees but finds herself questioning her diagnosis and the…

Borderline Personality Disorder LeeAnn Larsen Community College of Aurora Psychology 102 Introduction Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is defined by a specific pattern of impairments and traits (dsm-5, 2015). In this paper, I provide background information about Bryce Larsen, my person of interest, I discuss the history, diagnostic criteria, and effects of BPD, and I apply this information to Bryce’s lived experiences. This paper is purely for educational purposes and not a true…

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is “ a disorder characterized by a pattern of intense and chaotic relationships, with affective instability, fluctuating and extreme attitudes regarding other people, impulsivity, direct and indirect self-destructive behavior, and lack of a clear or certain sense of identity, life plan, or values.” (Townsend, 2015, p.900). I chose BPD as my topic because my most interesting patient on the behavioral health unit was diagnosed with BPD. Also, BPD appears to be…

Personally, I do not have much experience with Borderline Personality Disorder, other than what I had heard and read about it in my Principles of Psychology class. So reading this, was an interesting insight into the disorder. I have never met anyone with the disorder so this was a good way to see the disorder through the eyes of someone that has it. For me, the thing that I found most interesting about what Susanna Kaysen had to say about Borderline Personality Disorder was, “This clarity made…