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Clinical Psychology –Diagnosing Personality Disorders
Diagnosing Personality Disorders assignment
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Clinical Psychology –Diagnosing Personality Disorders
For each of the following scenarios; list several (2-3) irregular behaviors and then diagnosis the patient.
Disorders to choose from:
- Paranoid
- Narcissistic
- Dependent
- Borderline
- Anti-Social
- Histrionic
- Obsessive
- Avoidant
- Schizoid
- Schizotypal
Case 1:
Severus Snape shows little concern or interest in romantic or personal relationships. He is always seen
reading when not teaching instead of talking with others. He does not express interest in anything that
doesn’t have anything to do with his interests, studying, or whatever his mind is on or what he perceives
as important. In the words of Alan Rickman, “He is very concentrated on a solitary life. Does not have
much of a social life. He has a massive intellect and and most likely views others as beneath him or just
of little to no interest.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 2:
Elmo loves praise. Before he came to Sesame Street, Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster, and Grover
seemed to share screen time. However, now that Elmo moved to the block, the entire show revolves
around him. He is highly sensitive to criticism and tends to make a big deal out of anything that he does
as being the best.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 3:
Lieutenant Barclay from Star Trek describes himself this way. “I’m the guy who writes down things to
remember to say when there is a party because I just want to be able to connect to people. But then when I
finally gets there I wind up alone in the corner trying to look comfortable examining a potted plant, so
that people don’t notice how uncomfortable I am actually talking to people.”
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 4:
The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland is constantly worried about time and is inflexible on rules
and orderliness. He does not partake in meaningless rituals. To him everything has a place and a purpose
meaning that he cannot focus without a schedule. If things become off schedule, he panics and runs
around.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 5:
Rorschach from Watchmen views the world as one big cesspool of criminals and degenerates. His
obsession with fighting crime is such that he seldom bathes or even eats or sleeps and he suspects nearly
everyone of being guilty of something.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 6:
Loki from the Avengers has tried to commit suicide, is prone to self-sabotage and self-destruction and
tries to kill his brother Thor several times but then is hurt when neither he nor his father visit him in
prison. A lot of his aggression during the first film could be seen as frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
by his family by pushing them away first.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 7:
When describing his portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight, Health Ledger said the following. He is
open about his evilness. He thinks everyone else is just as bad. In regards to authority he considers
himself an agent of chaos ruining The Plan.
Symptoms Diagnosis
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Clinical Psychology –Diagnosing Personality Disorders
Subject: Psychology
487 Documents
Students shared 487 documents in this course
Level:
Honors
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Clinical Psychology –Diagnosing Personality Disorders
For each of the following scenarios; list several (2-3) irregular behaviors and then diagnosis the patient.
Disorders to choose from:
- Paranoid
- Narcissistic
- Dependent
- Borderline
- Anti-Social
- Histrionic
- Obsessive
- Avoidant
- Schizoid
- Schizotypal
Case 1:
Severus Snape shows little concern or interest in romantic or personal relationships. He is always seen
reading when not teaching instead of talking with others. He does not express interest in anything that
doesn’t have anything to do with his interests, studying, or whatever his mind is on or what he perceives
as important. In the words of Alan Rickman, “He is very concentrated on a solitary life. Does not have
much of a social life. He has a massive intellect and and most likely views others as beneath him or just
of little to no interest.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 2:
Elmo loves praise. Before he came to Sesame Street, Big Bird, Oscar, Cookie Monster, and Grover
seemed to share screen time. However, now that Elmo moved to the block, the entire show revolves
around him. He is highly sensitive to criticism and tends to make a big deal out of anything that he does
as being the best.
Symptoms Diagnosis
Case 3:
Lieutenant Barclay from Star Trek describes himself this way. “I’m the guy who writes down things to
remember to say when there is a party because I just want to be able to connect to people. But then when I
finally gets there I wind up alone in the corner trying to look comfortable examining a potted plant, so
that people don’t notice how uncomfortable I am actually talking to people.”
Symptoms Diagnosis
