Dependent Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 9020 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The essential character of the Dependent Personality Disorder is a pervasive and excessive need to receive care that results in submissive behavior and excessive attachment. Individuals with dependent disorder have fear of separation; take addictive behavior to elicit the care of others. They are often pessimistic and characterized by self-doubt, tend to minimize their skills and qualities.

Avoidant Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 5580 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The essential features of Avoidant Personality Disorder are feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to the opinions of others and rejection, and a common mode of social inhibition. Patients with avoidant disorder have a strong desire to establish intimate relationships with others, offset by a constant fear of being criticized, disapproved or rejected.

Narcissistic Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 18020 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The essential feature of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a picture of the trend to superiority, need for admiration, and lack of sensitivity to others. Individuals with narcissistic disorder have, for most of the time, a high self-regard. They routinely exaggerate their skills, often appearing arrogant. They think they're special, superior, have to be satisfied in every request.

Histrionic Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 6640 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
Histrionic Personality Disorder is characterized by shallow and labile affectivity, trend to exaggerate expression of emotions, suggestibility, egocentricity, self-indulgence and loss of consideration for others. These individuals may behave inappropriately seductive and show an excessive preoccupation with physical attractiveness. They are usually manipulative, vain and demanding.

Borderline Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 11860 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The most prominent feature of Borderline Personality Disorder is the depth and variability of moods. This emotional instability can also be called emotional lability or reactivity. Individuals with Borderline disorder struggle with despondency, anger, rage, self-hatred, arrogance, anxiety, uncertainty, emptiness, dependency, stubbornness and impulses of self-damage.

Antisocial Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 4870 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a failure to social obligations and a lack of concern for the feelings of others. There is a pattern of disparity between behavior and social norms. The behavior is not immediately changed from negative consequences. There is a low tolerance and a low threshold for discharge of aggression. This model begins in childhood or early adolescence.

Schizotypal Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 3470 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The essential feature of Schizotypal Disorder is a "pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort and a reduced capacity for intimate relationships and cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior with inclination to create illogical theories that are eager, fickle, magical and mysterious. Often believe that they have extraordinary powers.

Schizoid Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 4760 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
The schizoid subjects are characterized by the fact that often live on the margins of society. Can be considered "misfits", "weird", "touched", or simply be left alone to live a secluded and private. Their isolation may lead others to complain and try to establish contact, but often these attempts fail and people traded after being repeatedly rejected.

Paranoid Disorder    by Jennifer King
Price: $3.00 USD. 4540 words. Language: English. Published by ALVIS International Editions  on September 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Psychology » Psychological disorders.
Paranoid Personality Disorder is basically characterized by the tendency, persistent and unjustified, to perceive and interpret the intentions, words and behaviors of others as malicious, degrading or threatening: the world is experienced as hostile and always looked in the most varied contexts with distrust and suspicion, with the consequent and compulsory choice of a solitary lifestyle.

Managing Schizophrenia - A Personal Perspective    by Isuru Abeysinghe
Price: Free! 1800 words. Language: English. Published on July 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Mental health.
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Deals with my personal journey with the illness and what I have learnt from a personal perspective to be effective practical and philosophical strategies in dealing with the illness. It can give others suffering from the disease and well as people who have been around them with some insight into the illness.