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antipsychotic medications list
The symptoms described above can respond well to symptomatic treatment with therelevant drugs. For example, someone who experiences psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations may respond well to a short course of antipsychotic medication; however, prophylactic use of these drugs is often unsuccessful and so patients areusually given a small amount to use when these symptoms […]
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Sleep 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 may often find themselves desperate for morning. Yet when it arrives they are so tired as a result of their nocturnal ruminations that they are […]
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Dependence 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 dependence can be a genuine problem at times, it is a necessary part of the healing process. Dependence can best be viewed as […]
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anger 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. Those with personality disorder often have a heightened sense of injustice and will often be the first to respond if […]
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Mood 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 terms of an understandable response to circumstances. This leads to one of the most difficult presentations seen in personality disorder: ‘exaggerations and untruths’. People with […]
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Self-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, although it is true that many people who have personality disorder do self-harm, there are many people who self-harm that do not have a personality […]
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Lack 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 and choose values in response to their experiences. They choose what aspects of society and culture are important to them. Over time, these choices become integrated […]
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SOME 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 those with personality disorder. These are: • always being nice to everyone • ignoring one’s own needs and putting everyone else first • never letting people […]
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characteristic of personality disorders
One defining characteristic of personality disorder is the intense discomfort with one’s own emotional responses to certain trigger situations. This inevitably leads to dysfunctional behaviours. From the frantic efforts of the borderline to avoid the intense emotional distress to the cold denial and dissociation of the antisocial, the common factor is an overwhelmingly fearful, often […]
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personality 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 clients both during therapy and in service user forums. Personality disorder has its roots in childhood and adolescence, when the personality is developing. Commonly, those with personality […]
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