Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined as a condition wherein the patient suffers from a difficulty in regulating his or her emotions (NAMI, 2018). Individuals suffering from BPD can lack impulse control, have a poor self-image, and experience severe emotional responses when stressed. The inability to regulate the emotions can lead the individual to lash out at the self and engage in self-harm in some cases (NAMI, 2018). Though three-quarters of individuals diagnosed with BPD are women, some research indicates that an equal number of men may also… Continue Reading...
Bipolar and Personality Disorder
Introduction
Approximately 20% of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder are also found to suffer from borderline personality disorder (Zimmerman & Morgan, 2013). While some of the symptoms and characteristics of both disorders are similar, it is important, as Zimmerman and Morgan (2013) point out, to distinguish between the two, as each requires its own form of treatment in order to allow the patient to overcome the issues associated with each. This paper will discuss the treatment considerations for a person presenting with both bipolar disorder and personality disorder.… Continue Reading...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)- When he was examined after being arrested for having molested a child aged 13, psychologists discovered that he was evasive, uncooperative, manipulative, lacking insight, unreceptive to change and angry. Dahmer explained to his P.O that his life had no purpose. This was a possible symptom of the kind of chronic emptiness that people with BPD have. In addition, Dahmer's reason for fearing and hating abandonment was strongly justified. When he confessed, Dahmer stated that he murdered his victims in order to stop them from abandoning him. The… Continue Reading...
as high-risk sex, and her general recklessness, the most appropriate DSM-V diagnosis for Jen at the moment will be Borderline Personality Disorder. However, this is a tentative diagnosis until more can be learned about Jen. She may also be experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, as she admits experiencing systematic abuse from her stepfather.
Currently, Jen meets several of the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder (APA, 2012). The first is her self-direction issues, as her goals, aspirations, and career plans are focused on exotic dancing and selling drugs, which is not a sustainable plan and reveals a warped sense of identity and self-concept. Second, Jen exhibits impairments in interpersonal functioning with regards… Continue Reading...
in social cognitive issues and greater severity of illness for individuals with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, or PTSD (Hovens, et al., 2010).
Childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma leaves victims at higher risks of developing cognitive impairment, which will later on influence social interaction and perception, a central disability aspect in main psychiatric disorders. Social cognitive function issues are a characteristic feature of main psychiatric disorders leading to poor occupational and social functioning, particularly with respect to emotional control and recognition (Torjesen, 2019), social perception, attributional style, and theory of mind (capacity to ascribe mental states to others and oneself).
Traumatic childhood encounters- like physical… Continue Reading...
Kuklinski’s interview with Dr. Rietz indicates the following two criminology theories applicable in his case:
1. Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)
This constitutes a classification of people who are constantly not complying with societal norms and are exhibiting disruptive or felonious conduct. Antisocial conduct during the childhood phase is of particular concern as it may offer an explanation for developmental pathways resulting in long-run antisocial conduct. While youth brain imaging was earlier restricted on account of the possible dangers linked to the administration of ionizing radiation or radioactive isotopes, magnetic resonance imaging now facilitates brain imaging of youngsters. The PFC (prefrontal cortex) is the best imitated anomaly across… Continue Reading...
may be symptomatic of underlying preexisting conditions ranging from mood disorders like anxiety and depression to personality disorders to psychoses, presents unique problems and challenges for prison administrators and correctional officers alike.
Because criminal behavior can be the means by which mental illness first becomes recognized, it makes sense that a large number of inmates do suffer from some type of diagnosable mental illness. Furthermore, offenders are more likely than non-offenders to be victims of crime, while victims of crime are also more likely than non-victims to be offenders: a pattern that has been noted throughout the literature (Entorf, 2013). Correctional officers lack the training and… Continue Reading...
and therapies focusing on the client’s childhood, personality disorders, self-concept, and subconscious urges.
Although they evolved at roughly the same historical period, behaviorism is wholly unlike psychoanalysis. Whereas psychoanalysis is all about the subjective experiences of the human being, behaviorism is about what is objective or observable. Behaviorists like Pavlov, Skinner, and Watson conducted experiments showing how stimuli evoke responses in the human being, contributing much to theories of human learning. Behaviorism is historically significant because of its ongoing contributions to empirical clinical psychology, to cognitive-behavioral psychology, and branches of the field dealing that focus on how… Continue Reading...
large number of average, functioning individuals struggling with mood disorders or who might otherwise be diagnosed with personality disorders can use positive psychology to enhance their psychological health and perhaps even eliminate the symptoms of their disorders.
Another strength of positive psychology is its usefulness to the wide range of individuals who do not have any strong negative behaviors or symptoms but who might require methods of finding more meaning in life, more sense of inner peace, sense of purpose, or generally to cultivate happiness and well-being regardless of external circumstances. Blending empirical evidence with a variety of theories and practices from Eastern philosophy, practices like mindfulness… Continue Reading...
acne, scrotal pain (in men), nausea, increased urination, personality disorders/aggression, nervousness and euphoria. The last of those is commonly called a “steroid rush”. More serious damage includes liver tumors, psychosis, hypertension and dysplastic changes. Despite this, the ability to exercise longer and harder is what brings the allure to anabolic steroids and ergogenic substances, legal or illegal (Ahrendt, 2017).
Many people conflate steroids and human growth hormone, or HGH. However, that is a big misnomer. This is because HGH and anabolic steroids are not the same thing. It is important to define the terminology involved. Anabolic, by definition,… Continue Reading...
