Essays on Borderline Personality Disorder

The psychoanalytic theory of personality was developed by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century, and has developed since then into a mode of investigation that uses the interactions between the conscious and unconscious mind as a framework to determine the source of psychological attributes and problems (Lazarus et al., 2014). In essence, this theory of personality dictates that human behavior is often irrational and governed by subconscious forces that cannot be strictly controlled. By investigating these impulses and the motivations behind them, it is possible to better understand ourselves and address our potential issues. The way psychoanalysis is ...

Serenity Daniels is a 28-year-old single woman with a long history of sexual and emotional abuse since her childhood. She has inflicted deliberate self-harm (DSH) on her body on numerous occasions. During these DSH episodes, Serenity usually cuts her wrists and uses alcohol as a way of numbing the pain. Besides, Serenity has problems with her self-image as she sees herself as “fat and ugly” and unloved. She also has frequent arguments with her co-workers and managers. As such, she does not hold job positions for long. This instability in moods, functioning, and self-image coupled with unstable relationships and ...

Part 1

According to the DSM-5-TR 300.23, my diagnosis is that Allyson is suffering from social phobia, which is a co-occurrence of substance dependence (Hsiung, 2015). Allyson’s social phobia can be seen in her abuse of the drugs prescribed to her. Social phobia is also evident in Allyson since she does not want people around her in case she says or does something that would embarrass her.

Karen

According to the DSM-5-TR 305.70, my diagnosis is that Karen is suffering from substance dependence disorder, which is alcoholism (Hsiung, 2015). The disorder is evidenced by Karen’s addiction to alcohol to the ...

Community members risk a great risk of getting themselves hurt at the hands of people prone to violence. The relevance of the study is that it highlights what is instrumental in determining the extent to which mentally ill and violent individuals are likely to pose risk to members of communities, be they prison, hospital or standard civilian groups of people. The literature review will include a board concept of community. Samuel (2015) defined the concept of community as applicable to a human group sharing a geographical area. Following this logic, the notion is possible to apply to patients and ...

Edgar Allen Poe: few names such as this one can strike both fear and adoration in hearts of literature students everywhere. As a writer, Poe was known for his macabre stories that often ended with characters becoming ill, being buried alive, or dying other gruesome, torturous deaths. The tone of his works is fairly consistent, with most of Poe’s work having a dark, moody, and an overall melancholy tone. With his stories being favored as a topic of research for many English students, I began to wonder about his personal life. What struggles was he grappling with that ...

Introduction

Many people do not take mental and personality disorders seriously. Nowadays, these disorders are often regarded as mere expressions and temporary states, rather than a serious condition that needs medical attention. For instance, people who are very organized and perfectionist about things, tend to say that they have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OC), when in fact, OCD is far more than being neat, and organized, and wanting perfection in all things. Another instance is when people experience “mood swings”, which are actually normal and are caused by hormones, people have the tendency to self-diagnose saying that they have Bipolar Disorder, when, ...

The short story “The Red Convertible” was written by Louise Erdrich and it is about two brothers and their relationship. The two brothers have a great relationship and they do everything together which includes buying the car, a red convertible which is the symbol of youth, freedom, fun and normal life. The story is told from the perspective of the younger brother, Lyman, and it is about the older brother, Henry, who comes back from Vietnam after having been in war for three years. He develops PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder which makes him take his life in the end ...

Abstract

Everyone has their own individual character. People’s characters may be similar but definitely are not the same. Most people do not have issues with it and have no problems with their interactions in society and compliance with its laws and regulations. However, some personal features are very different from the expected norms and from generally accepted rules of behavior that cause irritation, discomfort and lack of understanding of others. Such features of temper can cause problems, which affect not only patients but also their close and distant surroundings. Such condition is called personality disorder. Worth noting, that patients ...

Article Abstracts

Boysen, G.A. & VanBergen, A.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) has long been surrounded by controversy due to disagreement about its etiology and the validity of its associated phenomena. Researchers have conducted studies comparing people diagnosed with DID and people simulating DID in order to better understand the disorder. The current research presents a systematic review of this DID simulation research. The literature consists of 20 studies and contains several replicated findings. Replicated differences between the groups include symptom presentation, identity presentation, and cognitive processing deficits. Replicated similarities between the groups include interidentity transfer of information as shown by measures of ...

Psychology Summaries

Solomon, Caren G., Murray B. Stein, and Jitender Sareen. "Generalized Anxiety Disorder." The New England journal of medicine 373.21 (2015): 2059-68. ProQuest. 7 Apr. 2016 .Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/1735349848?pq-origsite=summon Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition that creates excessive worry and concern in a debilitating manner for those afflicted with the condition. “According to representative epidemiologic surveys, the estimated prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in the general population of the United States is 3.1% in the previous year and 5.7% over a patient’s lifetime; the prevalence is approximately twice as high among women as among men” (Solomon, Stein, and ...

Introduction

Though personality disorders are described by researchers as being widespread and incapacitating, there have been developments in the field, and they have focused on understanding this disorder with intent to treat (Lenzenweger, 2008). Settling on a comprehensive definition, assessment approaches and the management of these disorders has been problematic because of the varying dimensions and impacts to individuals and the general society (Clarkin, Lenzenweger & Meehan, 2015). According to Widiger (2003), individuals often have self-distinguishing approaches to creating and developing relationships, expressing their feelings and thinking. On the same, while some people are outgoing, others have been described as being ...

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is still a fascinating topic in the field of psychology with constant research being done on treatment and possible cures. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is noted for intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that cause significant functional impairment and distress (Thiel, Hertenstein, Nissen, Herbst, Külz & Voderholzer, 2013). There have been countless studies on the treatment outcomes as well as the symptoms of this disorder. This literature serves to provide a synthesis of research on treatment methods as well as understand the classification of personality disorder. The selected literature are all scholarly and rely on current ...