Personality disorder treatment options
This section outlines the main treatment approaches adopted when working with people with personality disorders and discusses their relative efficacy. Behavioural and cognitive approaches There is...
View Articlepersonality disorder classifications
HOW PERSONALITY DISORDER IS CLASSIFIED The International Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD-10)defines a personality disorder as: A severe disturbance in the Carachterological...
View Articlepersonality disorder case studies
The following personality disorder case descriptions are based on observations and discussions with people suffering from personality disorder and rely heavily on the courage and honesty of many...
View ArticleSOME FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONALITYDISORDER
SOME FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONALITYDISORDER There is a group of behaviours that, although seen in normal healthy interactions,are taken to extremes or carried out in an inappropriate manner by...
View ArticleLack of ‘core identity’ about personality disorder
People with personality disorder often have difficulty understanding who they really are. Often they describe feeling like they are nothing or nobody. In a healthy personality, people develop traits...
View ArticleSelf-harm about personality disorder
This symptom is so common among those with personality disorder that to some health care professionals it has become almost diagnostic of personality disorder. This is a dangerous simplification for,...
View ArticleMood instability about personality disorder
This is a chronic problem for people with personality disorder. Relatively small things can have huge consequences. This causes further problems for the person who cannot explain their emotions in...
View Articleanger can be a problem for personality disorder
This can be a huge problem for those with personality disorder. Both overexpression or under-expression can be the problem for this group of clients. Both can occur in the same person at the same time....
View ArticleDependence about personality disorder
This can often be heard as an excuse used to avoid offering help to people with personality disorder. Some health care professionals may fear offering services in case it promotes dependence. While...
View ArticleSleep disturbance or nightmares about personality disorder
These are common problems often experienced by people with personality disorder. The night-time can be a very difficult period when left with no distractions: alone with their thoughts, the patient...
View Articleparanoid personality disorder treatment
paranoid personality disorder treatment Paranoid Personality Disorder Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) has three main features: (1) a pervasive, long-standing, and unwarranted suspiciousness and...
View Articleschizoid personality disorder symptoms side effects
schizoid personality disorder symptoms side effects Schizoid personality disorder (SdPD) is seen as an ego-syntonic introversion, with the suff erer having little interest in others, no close friends...
View Articletreatment of schizotypal personality disorder
treatment of schizotypal personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is characterized by “a pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal defi cits marked by acute discomfort with, and...
View ArticleBorderline personality disorder treatment plan
Borderline personality disorder treatment plan Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is unlike the other personality disorders in that it shows individual and cultural variations and may improve with...
View Articlehistrionic personality disorder case study
histrionic personality disorder case study Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2000)....
View Articlenarcissistic personality disorder case study
narcissistic personality disorder case study Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is characterized by a “pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy that begins in...
View Articlecluster c personality disorder symptoms
cluster c personality disorder symptoms Cluster C entails pervasive anxiety and fear. Th is cluster is the most ambiguous of the three because it overlaps with Axis I diagnoses, especially anxiety,...
View Articletreatment of avoidant personality disorder
treatment of avoidant personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder (APD) is characterized by “the pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative...
View Articledependent personality disorder symptoms
dependent personality disorder symptoms According to the DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 721), dependent personality disorder (DPD), one of the most prevalent disorders reported...
View Articleobsessive compulsive personality disorder ocd case
obsessive compulsive personality disorder ocd case Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD or OCD) has the essential feature of “a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and...
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