Borderline intellectual functioning

this study was to specifically look at the consequences of emotional abuse and to determine if emotional regulation difficulties were specifically associated with abuse. The participants were given questionnaires that have been used to identify Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The results of the questionnaires showed that those who indicated that they had experienced emotional abuse also relate to symptoms of BPD. They both showed detachment of relationships, apathy and difficulty relating…

Psychopathy Diagnosed The introduction of psychopathy as a diagnosis may have been the result of the English Mental Health Act of 1959 that legally defined psychopathic disorder as a psychological disability requiring treatment that includes traits of aggressiveness or irresponsibility (Blackburn, 1988). The purpose of the legal definition of psychopathy was to differentiate between non-psychotic and psychotic criminals (Blackburn, 1988). However, the psychiatric field refuted this concept…

abuse to numb the symptoms which recycles back into the mental illness worsening. According to “What Does It Mean to Have a Dual Diagnosis”, (2015); Most psychological illnesses seen in dual diagnosis, but not limited to are: Bipolar disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Depression Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Panic Anxiety Disorder Eating Disorders (including anorexia and bulimia) Schizophrenia Most drug addictions are: Cocaine…

To be good, an athlete needs to persevere, discipline themselves and summon the pluck to go on even when their cause seems hopeless. Also, internal to a sport is the idea of Sportsmanship. In a vigorous contest under fair conditions the losers should be gracious and the winners, magnanimous. Perfectionism is defined as the setting and maintaining of unrealistically high standards and expectations, and critical evaluations of performance (Hewitt, Newton, Flett and Callandar, 1997). It is a…

Pat and Tiffany find each other, work towards a dance competition victory, and live happily ever after. Or that’s the way the movie wants you to think. That would be a great happy-ending but unfortunately that is not real life. Borderline personality disorder carries a mortality rate of about 10% and bipolar disorders have another psychiatric disorder comorbidity about 50% of the time (Halter and Varcarolis, 2014). These can be serious illnesses and I don’t think the movie goes into…

The trauma those who self-harm are expressing can be anything from physical or sexual abuse, loss of a loved one, or even the breakup of a relationship (Trepal, et al., 2007). Self-harm is then sometimes adopted as a way of announcing these traumatic experiences to others. However, alternatively for others it is a popular way to gain attention from their peers. One report found that a number of girls at one middles school used self-mutilation as a way to receive attention from boys who they…

Toy Story is a movie that takes place in many different settings and environments. We start with a young child, Andy who has many different toys, which are differentiated by their personalities. The significance of the different settings is that they bring out the true personalities of the toys in the movie, whether it was in Andy’s room or out in the “real” world. Depending on the environment they are in, some of the toys show kindness and leadership, others shyness and anger. Andy started with…

• Discuss the essential characteristics of each of the Cluster A (odd/eccentric) personality disorders, including information pertaining to etiology and treatment A sufferer from Cluster A personality disorders sees others as being ‘foreigners’ and tends to display certain behaviors that most people would consider as being odd. -Paranoid personality disorder: Extremely distressful and suspicious Extensive skepticism of Believes, without any clarification, that others have the intention on…

In the book Great Expectations Miss. Havisham has borderline personality disorder. Mrs. Havisham shows signs of being extremely harmful, not only to herself but too her daughter. How she is harmful to her daughter is she has destroyed her daughter's perception on men. She persuaded Estella to pursue Pip, to break his heart. Mrs havisham whispered “Break their hearts!” into Estella's ear. Another reason is she is very anti-social, this is a sign of this disorder. She has no friends, no life, she…

between Compulsive Lying and Pathological Lying in which compulsive is more uncontrollable while Pathological liar is more in control of what they say. The final arguments are what cause and treats compulsive lying. The cause of Compulsive lying is borderline personality disorder, bipolar, and anyone with a trauma stemming from their past. Treating compulsive lying disorder is to first understand what they have and…