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Development of a therapeutic relationship with a patient with a borderline personality disorder
Background Tina is a 26-year-old woman with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. She was admitted to a regional secure unit six months ago under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act, following a conviction for arson with intent to cause harm. Tina has a history of self-harming behaviours since the age of 12 when […]
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Legal status of personality disorder
Within England and Wales there has been a legal classification of ‘psychopathic disorder’ since the Mental Health Act was passed into law. This included the concept of the compulsory admission of people deemed to have ‘persistent disorders of mind which resulted in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the patient, and […]
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Definitions of personality disorder
Personality disorder is a clinical construct used to describe various clusters of human behaviour and experience that are generally regarded as functionally impaired or psychologically distressing, and that arise from inflexible and maladaptive personality traits. It should be noted that personality disorders are descriptions of a narrow section of generally recognizable personalities that are of […]
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developmental disorders in children
Developmental disorders Level of intelligence is one of the strongest predictors of the presence or absence of child psychiatric disorders, with highly intelligent children being most resilient to psychiatric morbidity in the face of adversity and those with learning disability being at greatest risk. Up to 30–50% of children with a global learning disability also […]
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behavioral disorders in children defined
Behavioural disorders are probably most likely to come to the attention of adults because the symptoms are easily observable and have a direct impact on others. Oppositional defiant and conduct disorders refer to a constellation of symptoms in which children display angry, destructive, aggressive and antisocial behaviour. The distinction between the two relates to the […]
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Office reveal smokers
Smoking way reflects a person’s personality. Psychologists have done on a person’s smoking posture and form system research. The famous American psychologist j. foster analysis of smoking is the most vivid. To foster a smoker’s analysis is divided into five parts. First, the way of holding the smoke Sandwiched between the forefinger and middle finger […]
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Adjustment for homosexual tendency
If you find you have homosexual tendencies, how to do? Be contrite and reform oneself is to be of no avail. At present, and there is no good way, but still can be adjusted from two aspects, here we have to introduce some for homosexual orientation adjustment problems. Adjustment for homosexual tendency: 1 self-respect, make […]
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The concept of the personality goes directly to essence of what we are as human beings. Questions such as, Who we are? How well we know ourselves? or, How well do others know us? are commonly asked but prove difficult to answer. Personality then is what makes us who we are, and makes us different […]
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Alcohol Abuse Effects On Body
This section identifies commonly misused substances and describes how they are used, their effects and complications. If staff in mental health services are to work effectively with people with a dual diagnosis it is essential that they have this knowledge which will underpin assessment, subsequent care planning and treatment interventions. Having an understanding of the […]
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Mental Disorders: What Are Dysfunctions?
A dysfunction is a failure of some mechanism to perform its natural function as designed by nature. For example, the natural function of the heart is to pump blood; the natural function of perception is to convey information about the environment; the natural function of emotions is to avoid harm and enhance pleasure. A mechanism […]
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