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    Borderline Personality Disorder For centuries people have been researching to find out just exactly why people do what they do. Over this time disorders and conditions has been discovered to explain and ultimately answer this question. Physical and mental symptoms have recorded in order to find out if a person has a disorder. Lots of people every day find out what seems to separate them from what society would consider normal. Today, all mental disorders are placed in their own classes.…

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    Dissociative and personality disorders are common among the realm of patients who experience mental illness. These is often associated with a sense of being detached from oneself, perception of people and things being distorted, having a blurred sense of identity, having dysfunctional relationships, or being emotionally unstable. Unlike borderline personality disorder, however, dissociative identity disorder is quite rare. Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formally known as multiple…

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    character had borderline personality disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder is a very hard mood disorder to diagnose because they have traits of their personality that make them seem like they are really high functioning individuals(Paige)…. Most of the time for this particular mood disorder, it takes a person to form a friendship with the individual with the disorder for them to recognize the symptoms of the disorder. Some of the most noticeable symptoms of this disorder that is easily…

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    Lisa was diagnosed as a sociopath, also called Antisocial Personality Disorder. She is the “villain” of the movie. She behaves badly, a bad influence to other patients, and pushes people to their breaking points. “Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing pattern of disregard for other people’s rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. A person with antisocial personality disorder (APD) often feels little or no empathy toward other…

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    Multiple personality disorder "No I'm not going to do it" Kelly said "just do it" Mike replied "she doesn't have to" Jack told Mike. These voices are all personalities that live inside someone head and can often take control and create different memories just for that one personality that only that one personality has. Different personalities has different issues that the others don't have like allergies or some can wear glasses even though the host body doesn't need glasses. Later, I…

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    modalities of treatment developed for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). Marsha Linehan, Ph.D, developed DBT in 1993, as a skill based behavioral treatment for patients with BPD who generally experience intense emotions that they relieve using self-injurious behaviors. DBT has shown to be useful in treating a variety of issues including eating and mood disorders, as well as, reducing behaviors such as…

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    Split Personality – Project Two Split Personality Disorder, well known as Dissociative Identity Disorder affects a lot of everyday people. To doctors, it’s an extreme mental illness but to everyday people, it is seen less of an illness but more of a personal problem with individuals. Have you all ever wondered if split personality is caused by trauma? I am one who often wondered if it is hereditary? It is something to think about. There are also a few children who may have split personalities as…

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    Personality disorders: Chapter 5 Reflection: Personality disorders are connected with methods for considering oneself as well as other people that essentially and unfavorably influence how an individual functions in numerous parts of life. They fall inside of 10 distinct sorts. It includes, paranoid personality disorders, schizoid personality disorders, schizotypal personality disorders, antisocial personality disorders, borderline personality disorders, histrionic personality disorders,…

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    behavior is linked to ¬¬¬different disorders is essential while striving to comprehend crime and its causes. Many professionals often assume psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder are identical, and interchangeably utilize the two terms. Upon further investigation and research, both have been proven to be in fact different, and entail different elements. Psychopathy is a bundle of socially deviant behaviors and personality traits; antisocial personality disorder, on the other hand, is…

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder According to Mayo Clinic, antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental disorder in which victims of it may ignore the rights, wrongs, and feelings of someone. People who are antisocial are not found to be delusional and they do not hallucinate, or have any other cognitive issues, in most cases. Symptoms of APD are being disrespectful, mischievous, arrogant, dishonest, stealing and sometimes not showing empathy toward others. These symptoms create a…

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