Transcript Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders
Anti-Social Personality
Disorder
 A condition characterized by persistent
disregard for, and violation of, the rights
of others that begins in childhood or early
adolescence and continues into
adulthood.
Anti-Social Personality
Disorder
Symptoms

failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by
repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest
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deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal
profit or pleasure
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impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
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irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
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reckless disregard for safety of self or others
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consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work
behavior or honor financial obligations
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lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or
stolen from another
Anti-Social Personality
Disorder
Treatments
 Effective treatment of antisocial behavior
and personality is limited. Group
psychotherapy can be helpful. If the
person can develop a sense of trust,
individual psychotherapy or cognitive
behavioral therapy can also be beneficial.
There is no research that supports the
use of medications for direct treatment of
antisocial personality disorder, though.
 Effective psychotherapy treatment for this disorder is
limited.
 Emotions are usually a key aspect of treatment of this
disorder.
 Patients often have had little or no significant
emotionally-rewarding relationships in their lives. The
therapeutic relationship, therefore, can be one of the
first ones.
 This can be very scary for the client, initially, and it may
become intolerable. A close therapeutic relationship
can only occur when a good and solid rapport has
been established with the client and he or she can trust
the therapist implicitly.
Passive- Aggressive
Personality Disorder
 Passive-aggressive personality disorder
is a chronic condition in which a person
seems to passively comply with the
desires and needs of others, but actually
passively resists them, in the process
becoming increasingly hostile and angry.
Passive- Aggressive
Personality Disorder
Symptoms
Some of the common signs of passive-aggressive
personality disorder include:
 Procrastination
 Intentional inefficiency
 Avoiding responsibility by claiming forgetfulness
 Complaining
 Blaming others
 Resentment
 Sullenness
 Fear of authority
 Resistance to suggestions from others
 Unexpressed anger or hostility
Passive- Aggressive
Personality Disorder
Symptoms
 People with this disorder resent responsibility and
show it through their behaviors, rather than by openly
expressing their feelings. Procrastination, inefficiency,
and forgetfulness are commonly used to avoid doing
what they need to do or have been told by others to do.
 A person with this disorder may appear to comply with
another's wishes and may even demonstrate
enthusiasm for them. However, the requested action is
either performed too late to be helpful, performed in a
way that is useless, or is otherwise sabotaged to
express anger that cannot be expressed verbally.
Passive- Aggressive
Personality Disorder
Treatments
 This is the best way to help treat
someone with this disorder:
 Counseling may be of value in helping the
person identify and change the behavior.
Schizophrenia
 a chronic, severe, and disabling brain
disorder that has been recognized
throughout recorded history. It affects
about 1 percent of Americans
Schizophrenia Symptoms
 Positive symptomsare unusual thoughts or perceptions,
including hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and disorders
of movement.
 Negative symptomsrepresent a loss or a decrease in the ability
to initiate plans, speak, express emotion, or find pleasure in
everyday life. These symptoms are harder to recognize as part of
the disorder and can be mistaken for laziness or depression.
 Cognitive symptoms(or cognitive deficits) are problems with
attention, certain types of memory, and the executive functions
that allow us to plan and organize. Cognitive deficits can also be
difficult to recognize as part of the disorder but are the most
disabling in terms of leading a normal life.
Schizophrenia Treatments
 Antipsychotic medication
 Atypical antipsychotic medications include
risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa),
ziprasidone (Geodon), quetiapine (Seroquel), and
aripiprazole (Abilify). Typical antipsychotic
mediations include haloperidol, chlorpromazine,
thioridazine (Mellaril), trifluoperazine (Stelazine),
and thiothixene (Navane).
 Psychological Treatment
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