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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Antisocial personality disorder |
 | | Antisocial personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others. | | | Personality disorders are chronic behavioral and relationship patterns that intefere with a person's life over many years. | | | The cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown, but genetic factors and child abuse are believed to contribute to the development of this condition. |
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| | eMedicine - Personality Disorders : Article by David Bienenfeld, MD |
| | Nearly all personality disorders are marked by impaired impulse control and consequent risk of addictive behavior. | | | Antisocial personality disorder: A genetic contribution to antisocial behaviors is strongly supported. | | | Because the criteria for diagnosis of personality disorders are closely related to behaviors of young and middle adulthood, DSM-IV diagnoses of personality disorders are notoriously unreliable in the elderly population. |
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| | Personality Disorders |
| | Anger and Personality Disorders ~ The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy. | | | Avoidant Personality Disorder in Children and Youth ~ Children who meet criteria for APD are often described as being extremely shy, inhibited in new situations, and fearful of disapproval and social rejection. | | | Personality disorders are not illnesses in a strict sense as they do not disrupt emotional, intellectual, or perceptual functioning. |
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| | Personality disorders |
| | Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are highly unstable, with wide mood swings, a history of intense but stormy relationships, impulsive behavior, and confusion about career goals, personal values, or sexual orientation. | | | One criticism that has been made of the general category of personality disorder is that it is based on Western notions of individual uniqueness. | | | The personality disorders with the poorest prognoses are the antisocial and the borderline. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/personality_disorders.jsp
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| | Personality Disorders |
| | Personality disorders are usually recognizable by adolescence or earlier, continue throughout adulthood, and become less obvious throughout middle age. | | | People with avoidant personality disorder may have no close relationships outside of their family circle, although they would like to, and are upset at their inability to relate well to others. | | | Although they feel that their behavior patterns are “normal” or “right,” people with personality disorders tend to have a narrow view of the world and find it difficult to participate in social activities. |
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| | Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) / Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) / Ego States / Personality Disorders / Dissociative Disorders |
| | Personality disorders have their essential basis in defending ego satisfaction and protecting it from interpersonal threat, so you will benefit much to learn, as the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan taught, that “I” is an illusion. | | | This, after all, is what true love is all about, and personality disorders, in one way or another, do their psychological best to maintain your fear of love. | | | Depersonalization Disorder would not be diagnosed if the symptoms did not cause a major disturbance to the person’s life or if they were due to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., drugs or alcohol) or a general medical condition, such as mild aortic valve insufficiency (AI) or minimal coronary artery disease (MCAD), for example. |
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| | multiple personality - Columbia Encyclopedia article about multiple personality |
| | multiple personality, a very rare psychological disorder in which a person has two or more distinct personalities, each with its own thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behavior. | | | The term "split personality," denoting schizophrenia schizophrenia (skĭt'səfrē`nēə), group of severe mental disorders characterized by reality distortions resulting in unusual thought patterns and behaviors. | | | The cause of multiple personality is not clearly understood, but the condition seems almost invariably to be associated with severe physical abuse and neglect in childhood. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/multiple+personality
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| | Personality |
| | If the personality disorder is the only diagnosis or the main reason the patient has come for evaluation, "(Principal Diagnosis)" should be appended to the Axis II diagnosis. | | | If this personality disorder preceded a psychotic disorder (most often, Schizophrenia), the diagnosis might read: | | | This pattern is fixed and affects many personal and social situations. |
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http://www.geocities.com/morrison94/personality.htm
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| | Personality Disorder Information |
| | Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder is similar to obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder. | | | Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by extreme social anxiety. | | | Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a distrust of others and a constant suspicion that people around you have sinister motives. |
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http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html
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| | Personality Can't Diminish Capacity |
| | Those with personality disorders therefore do not really endeavor to change, because their behavior is really practical or even desirable, rather than alien to them. | | | The narcissistic personality, grandiose and with a sense of entitlement, seeks to benefit by elevating his sense of stature. | | | Personality disorders, and bad personality traits are distinguished by their overall benefit to the person who has them. |
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| | PTypes Personality Types |
| | The Inventive Type, missing the mark in excess of its strengths and virtues, equals Compensatory Narcissistic Personality Disorder. | | | The Conscientious Type, missing the mark in excess of its strengths and virtues, equals Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. | | | According to Karen Horney, "basic anxiety" is the foundation of, or predisposition for, the neurotic personality. |
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| | PTypes - Antisocial Personality Disorder Criteria |
| | Personality disorders are patterns of experience and behavior which are culturally very deviant, persistent, inflexible, arise in adolescent or early adulthood, and lead to distress or impairment. | | | Antisocial personality disorder is a type of "solution" to the problem of anxiety; that is, it is a strategy to alleviate anxiety. | | | Difficulty adapting to social or personal change; low tolerance or understanding of different points of view or lifestyles; emotional blandness and inability to understand and verbalize own feelings; alexythymia; constricted range of interests; insensitivity to art and beauty; excessive conformity to authority. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Dependent personality disorder |
| | Dependent personality disorder is a chronic condition involving over-reliance on others to meet emotional and physical needs. | | | Call for an appointment with your health care provider or a mental health professional if you or your adolescent has symptoms suggestive of dependent personality disorder. | | | Psychotherapy may be useful in gradually helping a person with this disorder make more independent choices in life. |
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| | Borderline Personality |
| | It is the acceptance of the paradoxical irony that is the very nature of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) that is at the epicenter of recovery. | | | Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is not only possible it is on the increase. | | | Borderline Personality Disorder results from stunted emotional maturation at any early stage of development. |
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| | Causes (from congenital disorder) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | A personality disorder is an accentuation of one or more personality traits to the point that the trait significantly impairs an individual's social or occupational functioning. | | | Genetic disorders range from minor traits, such as polydactyly (extra fingers or toes), to conditions that prove fatal. | | | mental disorder that is marked by deeply ingrained and lasting patterns of inflexible, maladaptive, or antisocial behaviour. |
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| | ADHD Genetic Research -- Neurotransmitter.net |
| | "The usual approach for using single base pair polymorphisms (SNPs) for the investigation of the genetics of behavioral disorders is to examine a single diagnostic syndrome or personality trait based on variables relating to a cluster of behavioral symptoms. | | | Patterns of comorbidity indicate that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and major depressive disorders may share common familial vulnerabilities, that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder plus conduct disorder may be a distinct subtype, and that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorders are transmitted independently in families. | | | Thus, although ADHD is associated with the familial trans-mission of comorbid disorders, the pattern of transmission is not influenced by the proband's gender. |
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| | Intermittent Explosive Disorder |
| | Other disorders can be deferred at this time because the criteria for these are not met (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, a Psychotic Disorder, a Manic Episode, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, a general medical condition, or direct physiological effects of a substance abuse). | | | The essential feature of an Impulse Control Disorder is the failure to resist a temptation, drive, or impulse to perform an act that is harmful to the person or to others or results in the destruction of property. | | | The disorder apparently is rare and affects mostly males. |
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Encyclopedia Article |
| | Note that the DSM-IV Axis II Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder is considerably different from Obsessive-compulsive disorder, and is often what people mean when they refer to somebody as "obsessive-compulsive". | | | Also, the psychological self-awareness of the irrationality of the disorder can be painful. | | | Obsessive-compulsive disorder (or OCD), as categorized by the DSM-IV, is an anxiety disorder. |
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| | Personality Disorder Test - Personality Test |
| | This test, sponsored by 4degreez.com, is meant to help determine whether or not you have a personality disorder. | | | A personality disorder is basically a set of traits that combine to negatively affect your life. | | | If you are looking for a personality test that features a professional analysis of your results, try Tickle.com's test. |
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| | Barbarian's Online Tests Page |
| | This last section is for online tests related to specific topics, such as longevity, shopping and consumer behavior, Attention Deficit Disorder, and other behaviors. | | | These tests are "just for fun," but they are as popular (or even more) than their more serious intelligence or personality test counterparts. | | | Only tests are included that are directly related to personality measurement; other tests will be included in the "Fun" test section. |
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| | Intermittent Explosive Disorder Your Health Connection |
| | antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). | | | Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a mental disturbance that is characterized by specific episodes of violent and aggressive behavior that may involve harm to others or destruction of property. | | | Many psychiatrists do not place intermittent explosive disorder into a separate clinical category but consider it a symptom of other psychiatric and mental disorders. |
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| | "Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Shyness" |
| | The MMPI is used to assess current symptomatology, and the Millon to assess the presence of personality disorders, long standing traits or patterns of behavior that have been maladaptive in work or interpersonal relationships. | | | Since Zimbardo's pioneering efforts, shyness has been studied primarily in university student populations by personality theorists and social psychologists who have been interested in the subjective experiences of shy people, links between shyness and self processes, behavioral responses to shyness-arousing stimuli, and the consequences of shyness. | | | Longitudinal studies into the eighth year suggested that 75% of shy children and the same percentage of sociable children may maintain their behavioral styles. |
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| | Re: please be civil |
| | Like your idea about me having multiple personality disorder is stupid. | | | Re: bothersome post: Multiple personality disorder SLS 6/24/00 | | | Re: bothersome post: Multiple personality disorder LostBoyinNC 6/24/00 |
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| | AllRefer.com - multiple personality (Psychology And Psychiatry) - Encyclopedia |
| | multiple personality, a very rare psychological disorder in which a person has two or more distinct personalities, each with its own thoughts, feelings, and patterns of behavior. | | | The term "split personality," denoting schizophrenia, refers to an unrelated disorder in which the split (separation) is between thought and feeling. | | | Multiple personality was first recognized and described by the French physician Pierre Janet in the late 19th cent. |
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| | Impulse control disorders are broadly defined as mental disorders... |
| | Intermittent explosive disorder was not recognized as a mental disorder in DSM-I. In 1968 DSM-II described "Explosive personality", specifying character pathology associated with outbursts of aggression, perhaps linked to ictal episodes. | | | The variation, similarities among these related conditions could be explained by their variation along a dimension of impulsivity versus compulsivity with prototypic impulse control disorders or pure impulsivity at one extreme, classic OCD at other and mixed compulsive-impulsive conditions in between. | | | Systematic controlled studies are needed to clarify validity and nature of this relationship, as also the relationship with other disorders. |
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| | ScienceDaily: Missouri Genetic Disorder's Roots Untangled By International Team |
| | Manual for psychotherapists on skill-building techniques in treating borderline personality disorder. | | | Cause Of Rare Genetic Disorder Points To Faulty Ion Channel (May 21, 2001)-- Researchers have tracked the cause of a rare disorder that produces muscle paralysis, heart arrhythmias and abnormal growth to mutations in a gene that encodes a pore-like protein that regulates the... | | | Disorders of Hemoglobin is the first comprehensive reference on the genetic and acquired disorders of hemoglobin in over a decade. |
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| | eMedicine - Psychiatric Illness Associated With Criminality : Article by William H Wilson, MD |
| | Antisocial personality disorder is among the disorders most resistant to treatment, perhaps because individuals with this disorder are so indifferent to the impact of their actions on others. | | | Intermittent explosive disorder: Although episodic violence is common in the United States, according to strict diagnostic criteria, this disorder is rare. | | | Estimated prevalence of this disorder in the general population is 3% of males and less than 1% of females. |
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| | PTypes - Solitary Personality Type |
| | Torrey reports that ''the Rorschach test was interpreted as suggesting 'a marked personality disorder of long standing.' '' But we also learn that the psychologists could find ''no evidence of psychosis.'' | | | The noteworthy examples of the Solitary personality type are examples of a * type *, not of a disorder. | | | Lonesome, often more poignant, suggests sadness after a separation or bereavement... |
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| | Acute Stress Reaction |
| | Acute stress reaction should not be diagnosed if the symptoms are simply an exacerbation of existing symptoms of another psychiatric disorder (with the exception of personality disorders). | | | Acute stress disorder would be diagnosed when symptoms are experienced immediately after the trauma, whereas PTSD refers to the experiencing of symptoms after at least one month and over a longer period. | | | These methods provide effective and productive ways of coping with the anxiety and tension associated with the stress reaction (e.g., breathing control (Section 4.1.2), exercise, relaxation (Section 4.1.3), or pleasant activities). |
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| | Impulse control disorders |
| | A personality disorder in which an individual is prone to intermittent explosive episodes of aggression during which he or she causes bodily harm or destroys property. | | | Intermittent explosive disorder is more common among men, and involves aggressive outbursts that lead to assaults on others or destruction of property. | | | Impulse control disorders are characterized by an inability to resist the impulse to perform an action that is harmful to one's self or others. |
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