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A hard working partner at a major law firm, John B., finds that he gets short with co-workers especially when under stress. He is not viewed as a ?team player? by other members of the firm and the support staff avoid him. In spite of feedback and...More

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2. Is Road Rage A Psychiatric Disorder?

Recent hedline: ?Rod Rge my be due to medicl condition clled Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED)? WHAT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS? The study, reported in the June (2006) issue of the Archives of Generl Psychitry ws bsed on...More

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3. Axes of Personality Disorders

Personality disorders are like tips of icebergs. They rest on a foundation of causes and effects, interactions and events, emotions and cognitions, functions and dysfunctions that together form the patient and make him or her what s/he is. The DSM...More

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4. Cluster B Personality Disorders

The DSM-IV-TR (2000) defines a personality disorder as: "An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations the individuals culture (and is manifested in two or more of his or her areas of mental...More

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5. Common Features of Personality Disorders

Psychology is more an art form than a science. There is no "Theory of Everything" from which one can derive all mental health phenomena and make falsifiable predictions. Still, as far as personality disorders are concerned, it is easy to discern common...More

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6. Diagnosing Personality Disorders

Personality traits enduring, usually rigid patterns of behavior, thinking (cognition), and emoting expressed in a variety of circumstances and situations and throughout one's life (typically from early adolescence onward). Some personality traits...More

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7. Narcissism and Personality Disorders

Are all personality disorders the outcomes of frustrated narcissism? During our formative years (6 months to 6 years old), we are all "narcissists". Primary Narcissism is a useful and critically important defense mechanism. As the infant...More

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8. The Construct of Normal Personality

Personality disorders are dysfunctions of our whole identity, tears in the fabric of who we are. They are all-pervasive because our personality is ubiquitous and permeates each and every one of our mental cells. I just published the first article in this...More

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9. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) - Pros and Cons

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition, text revision [American Psychiatric Association. DSM-IV-TR, Washington, 2000] - or the DSM-IV-TR for short - describes Axis II personality disorders as "deeply ingrained, maladaptive, lifelong...More

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10. What is Personality?

In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roger Davis define personality as: "(A) complex pattern of deeply embedded ychological characteristics that are expressed automatically in almost every area of...More

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