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- The Universe Single-handedly: Pears Cyclopaedia 2015-6 Edition - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2015 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" This one volume cyclopaedia is maintained meticulously up to date by a dedicated team of scholar-contributors, headed by the indefatigable polymath, Dr. Chris Cook. Hundreds of entries in dozens of sections reflect the ...
Views: 1423 - Cluster B Personality Disorders - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2007 from Sam VakninThe 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 life:) cognition, affectivity, interpersonal ...
Views: 1379 - Psychological Tests - Introduction - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2007 from Sam VakninPersonality assessment is perhaps more an art form than a science. In an attempt to render it as objective and standardized as possible, generations of clinicians came up with psychological tests and structured interviews. These are administered under similar conditions and use identical stimuli ...
Views: 1361 - How Victims are Affected by Abuse - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2005 from Sam VakninRepeated abuse has long lasting pernicious and traumatic effects such as panic attacks, hypervigilance, sleep disturbances, flashbacks (intrusive memories), suicidal ideation, and psychosomatic symptoms. The victims experience shame, depression, anxiety, embarrassment, guilt, humiliation, ...
Views: 1343 - Classification (Taxonomy) of Psychological Theories - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2016 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" All psychological theories can be classified by one or more of these dichotomies (pairs): Dualism vs. Monism The belief that the mind and the body are two separate entities (though in constant interaction via various ...
Views: 1323 - The Insanity of the Insanity Defense - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2011 from Sam VakninAron Levy, who kidnapped, murdered and dismembered 8-year old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn now faces a battery of defense-appointed experts in an attempt to plead NGRI (“Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity”). He has a history of “psychiatric disorders” and had been hearing voices, his lawyers claim. ...
Views: 1246 - Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Clinical Features - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2007 from Sam VakninClinical Features of the Narcissistic Personality Disorder Opinions vary as to whether the narcissistic traits evident in in infancy, childhood, and early adolescence are pathological. Anecdotal evidence suggests that childhood abuse and trauma inflicted by parents, authority figures, or even ...
Views: 1231 - I Can't Live Without Him/Her - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2011 from Sam VakninDependence on other people is a kind of addiction and, therefore, fulfills important mental health functions. First, it is an organizing principle: it serves to explain behaviors and events within a coherent “narrative” (fictional story) or frame of reference (“I acted this way because ...
Views: 1207 - Narcissists and Hotel Maids: The Strauss-Kahn Affair and Beyond - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Sam VakninDominique Staruss-Kahn, the scandal-ridden former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. But, if he did try to rape the hotel maid in New-York in May 2011, his behavior would conform to the type of misconduct common among ...
Views: 1198(1 vote) - Axes of Mental Health Disorders - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2007 from Sam VakninPersonality 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 uses five axes to analyze, classify, and ...
Views: 1157 - Diagnosing Personality Disorders - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Sam VakninPersonality traits are 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 are harmful to both oneself and to others. ...
Views: 1128 - The Construct of Normal Personality - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2007 from Sam VakninPersonality 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 topic titled "What is Personality?". Read ...
Views: 1109 - Dancing as an Evolutionary Strategy - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Sam VakninDances are thinly disguised simulations of sex acts. But there’s more to dancing than bawdy ribaldry. The sweaty proximity allows the partners to exchange an enormous amount of information about their respective bodies: from joint suppleness, through spatial orientation and coordination, and ...
Views: 1054 - What is Personality? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2007 from Sam VakninIn their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roger Davis define personality as: "(A) complex pattern of deeply embedded psychological characteristics that are expressed automatically in almost every area of psychological functioning." (p. 2) The Diagnostic ...
Views: 957 - Differential Diagnoses of Personality Disorders - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2007 from Sam VakninIt is not easy to tell when the patient's anxiety and depression are autonomous and neurotic problems or symptoms of a personality disorder. These should, therefore, be ruled out as differential diagnostic criteria. In other words, the mere existence of depression or anxiety in a patient does ...
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