Personality Diagnosis

Personality Diagnosis

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Personality Diagnosis” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Personality Diagnosis” and its relation with “Five Axis Diagnosis”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Personality Diagnosis” and tries to gauge its effect on “Five Axis Diagnosis”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “Personality Diagnosis” and tries to describe the overall effect of “Personality Diagnosis” on “Five Axis Diagnosis”.

Personality Diagnosis

Introduction

Mr. Alan was a 28 years old man with a record of temper unsteadiness. He diverges from cheerful to depress to irritable very rapidly, a number of times every day. Typically, his mood change is related to apparent rejection, praise, affection or criticism from others (Linehan, 2003). He was an intellectual man with a really good sense for business. Alan went to academy at Swarth-More and then acquired his M.B.A at the California University Berkeley. He then moved to NY, where he was working as a sub-editor in a publishing company. Alan's tale is disturbing and common to several movie-goers who seen the previews of Fatal Attraction in the 1970s (Blair and Morton, 2006).

Background

Therefore, a personality disorder happens when someone misbehaves adapted, hurtful, inflexible, and diverges noticeably from the prospect of their society. It is easy enough for the act to be abnormal, but must be part of a convention of behavior that is long lasting (i.e., has appeared since adolescence) and penetrating (i.e., occurs in such contexts) (Blashfield and Breen, 2009). Alan's behavior was due to distress or impairment in cognitive, emotional, occupational, or it may be due to interpersonal relationships (Caplan, 2004).

Legal Issues

He had tried suicide at least 4 times, efforts were not been fatal. In the United States, individuals may be held criminally responsible for aiding others to commit suicide, or whether the attempt to prosperity. It is also clear that the appropriate criminal penalties should be mandatory, to discourage the behavior of attempting suicide or attracting another person to commit suicide (Castonguay, 2006). But major policy decisions do not belong to these two areas.

Data collection methods

Mr. Alan has a Paranoid disorder, this personality disorder appears as a prodrome to frank schizophrenia or it may be due to delusional disorder. Alan was at a risk of agoraphobia that is majorly caused by depression and compulsive-obsessive disorder due to substance abuse. It may be caused due to psychotic disorder because of any episode of depression Alan was having (Blashfield and Breen, 2009).

Clinical meetings can be time consuming and intrusive, resulting in the evolution of patients tired or discouraged by the method of interview or unwilling to accept the ideas and behaviors that may appear humiliating or strange (Clark, 2007). Another model of personality assessment that can quickly cover a wide variety of pathology discreetly goal is to test the personality that has been used in the alignment of control of the characteristics of Mr. Alan (Linehan, 2003). Projective personality test can also be used to introduce an ...