121. Health: Mental_Health: Disorders: Personality: Paranoid - Open Site Characters and traits of the paranoid. http://open-site.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Paranoid/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Personality/Paranoid Top Health Mental Health Disorders ... Personality : Paranoid Characteristics and Traits The paranoid lives in a malevolently hostile and ominously unpredictable world. He distrusts others and suspects them of ulterior motives and sadistic or self-interested wickedness. He is firmly convinced that people are out to exploit, harm, get, or deceive him or her - usually without good or sufficient cause. In most cases, such nagging doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of others extends only to the paranoid's family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. But persecutory delusions are not uncommon with the paranoid certain that he is at the center of conspiracies and collusions. Hence the paranoid's social isolation and apparent eccentricity. He cowers at home, planning his defense, plotting and counter-plotting, weary of any attempt to communicate with him. Information, he "knows", is a weapon and is bound to be deployed against him at some future date. So, he severs all human contact. Even the most benign gestures, comments, or events assume threatening proportions, nefarious meanings, and malicious intent. Even the most innocuous encounters portend occult and debasing outcomes to the paranoid. Paranoids have long memories for the trivial. They are hypersensitive, bear grudges and are unforgiving. Every remark is automatically and immediately interpreted as an insult, injury, attack, or slight directed at the paranoid, his personality, or reputation - and provokes aggression. Soon, no one wants to be around the paranoid and he becomes a hermit. Even his dearest and nearest abandon him - long-suffering spouse often accused of infidelity and children tormented by the paranoid's ubiquitous suspiciousness.

122. BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Paranoid Personality Disorder The DSM diagnostic criteria and recommended reading. http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/paranoidpd.htm

BehaveNet DSM-IV: Paranoid Personality Disorder Individuals with this Cluster A Personality Disorder distrust others and are suspicious of their motives. Diagnostic criteria for 301.0 Paranoid Personality Disorder cautionary statement A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: (1) suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her (2) is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates (3) is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her (4) reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events (5) persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights (6) perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack (7) has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner

123. Health: Mental_Health: Disorders: Personality: Dependent - Open Site Characteristics and traits of the dependent personality (codependent) and cultural and societal considerations. http://open-site.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Dependent/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Personality/Dependent Top Health Mental Health Disorders ... Personality : Dependent Characteristics and Traits We all like to be taken care of from time to time. But when this need becomes a compulsive, pervasive, and excessive craving and leads to clinging, stifling, and humiliating or submissive behavior, we have a pathology. Codependents, as they are sometimes known, are paralyzed by their anxiety of abandonment and fear of separation. They are rendered so indecisive that they fail to make the simplest everyday decision without eliciting constant and repeated reassurances and advice from a myriad sources. It is as though the codependent seeks to transfer responsibility for his or her life to others, whether they have agreed to assume it or not. This is why codependents rarely initiate projects or do things on their own. Though they are often fired by repressed ambition, energy, and imagination - they are held back by their lack self-confidence. They don't trust their own abilities and judgment. This reliance on crucial input from the outside results in self-negating behavior. The codependent never disagrees with meaningful others or criticizes them, lest s/he loses the support and emotional nurturance they do or could provide. The codependent molds himself/herself and bends over backward to cater to the needs of his nearest and dearest and satisfy their every whim, wish, expectation, and demand. Nothing is too unpleasant or unacceptable if it serves to secure the uninterrupted presence of the codependent's family and friends and the emotional sustenance s/he can extract (or extort) from them.

124. BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Dependent Personality Disorder The DSM IVTR diagnostic criteria of the disorder and recommended literature. http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/dependentpd.htm

BehaveNet DSM-IV: Dependent Personality Disorder Individuals with this Cluster C Personality Disorder use their submissive and clinging behavior toward others to elicit care, depending on them for initiative, reassurance, decision making, and advice. Diagnostic criteria for 301.6 Dependent Personality Disorder cautionary statement A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: (1) has difficulty making everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others (2) needs others to assume responsibility for most major areas of his or her life (3) has difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support or approval. Note: Do not include realistic fears of retribution. (4) has difficulty initiating projects or doing things on his or her own (because of a lack of self-confidence in judgment or abilities rather than a lack of motivation or energy) (5) goes to excessive lengths to obtain nurturance and support from others, to the point of volunteering to do things that are unpleasant

125. Dangerous And Severe Personality Disorder Dangerous Severe personality Disorder Programme. The DSPD team is managing a programme of work to develop policy proposals for http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/justice/sentencing/disorders/

Quick search: Victims of Crime Sentencing Youth Justice Electronic Monitoring ... Home The DSPD team is managing a programme of work to develop policy proposals for the management of dangerous people with severe personality disorder. The proposals are intended both to ensure that the public is protected from some of the most dangerous people in society and to provide high quality services for the individuals themselves to improve their health outcomes and enable them to work towards successful integration in the community. The work is jointly owned by the Home Office Prison Service and Department of Health with the twin aims of better public protection from, and improved treatment and management of, those who are dangerous and severely personality disordered. Further information More information is available on the DSPD website Home Office Mental Health Unit Release of Prisoners Court Service ... Cymraeg

126. Journey Toward Healing Narcissism And Disorders Of The Self Support and resources for people suffering from Narcissistic personality Disorder (NPD). http://journeytowardhealing.org

JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING DISORDERS OF THE SELF Information NPD Support Forums ASPD Support Forums Attitudinal Healing Listserv Tech Help Desk Log In Username Password New Account Signup Forgot Password Calendar June S M T W T F S Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing Please Pardon Our Dust Welcome to the Journey Toward Healing Disorders of the Self Online Support Community. We are building a web page designed to support people affected by Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD) and related juvenile disorders. Our community is designed and administrered by people who are working to omprove ourselves and are walking on a path toward healing. Please check back often as we build this community. We invite you to become active in this community. If you have suggestions on we can improve this community please feel free to contact us at Journey Toward Healing Created on 2003-02-04 10:24:27 by install Updated on 2004-04-13 20:17:11 by TcBrown Resources FAQ's

127. Narcissismnotebook1/index Links related to Narcissistic personality Disorder, sociopaths, psychopaths, ASP, and information for those who have become the target of someone with these disorders. http://narcissismnotebook1.tripod.com/

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Check out the NEW Hotbot Tell me when this page is updated Tribal Elders An Open Directory Project site The links Discussion group: NPD Discussion group: Psychopaths 1. Children of the Self-Absorbed 2. Alterego, an animated cartoon! ... 43.Cults: Public Perception vs. Research Narcissism Bibliography Richard Bandler, John LaValle Persuasion Engineering Joel Kramer, Diana Alstad The Guru Papers : Masks of Authoritarian Power Herzel Yerushalmi, Ph.D. Psychobiographic Approach to Psychotherapy : A Study of the Power Structure of Psychotherapy Donald B. Rinsley Developmental Pathogenesis and Treatment of Borderline and Narcissistic Personalities Susan Forward, Ph.D, Donna Frazer Toxic In-Laws: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You Susan Forward, Ph.D When Your Lover Is A Liar: Heal the Wounds of Deception and Betrayal Janet Woititz Lifeskills of Adult Children Ken Rutkowski Happy Between Relationships: How You Can Be Very Happy when Not Involved with a Partner for 12 hours or 19 Years 9. The Bad Seed - the movie

128. Health: Mental_Health: Disorders: Personality: Narcissistic - Open Site Open site encyclopedia entry about pathological narcissism, the legend of narcissus, characteristics and traits of the disorder and other information. http://open-site.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Narcissistic/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Personality/Narcissistic Top Health Mental Health Disorders ... Personality : Narcissistic Pathological Narcissism A pattern of traits and behaviours which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition. The Legend of Narcissus According to the Ancient Greek legend of Narcissus, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pond. He rejected the advances of the nymph Echo and was punished by Nemesis, consigned to pine away as he fell in love with his own reflection. Characteristics and Traits A person diagnosed with the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) feels grandiose and self-important. He tends to exaggerates his accomplishments, talents, skills, contacts, and personality traits to the point of lying. He also demands to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements. Narcissists are obsessed with fantasies of unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence, unequalled brilliance (the cerebral narcissist), bodily beauty or sexual performance (the somatic narcissist), or ideal, everlasting, all-conquering love or passion.

129. Index Personal page about her life with depression, borderline personality disorder, being a cutter/self mutilator. Information and links about these mental disorders and understanding self abuse. http://www.geocities.com/u_n_w_a_n_t_e_d2000/

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130. Borderline Babe the life of a young woman with borderline personality disorder, manic depression, self injury and eating disorders. http://www.borderline-babe.co.uk

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131. BehaveNet® Clinical Capsule™: Histrionic Personality Disorder Clinical diagnostic criteria and recommended reading. http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/histrionicpd.htm

BehaveNet DSM-IV: Histrionic Personality Disorder Individuals with this Cluster B Personality Disorder exaggerate their emotions and go to excessive lengths to seek attention. Diagnostic criteria for 301.50 Histrionic Personality Disorder cautionary statement A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: (1) is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention (2) interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior (3) displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions (4) consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self (5) has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail (6) shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion (7) is suggestible, i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances (8) considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition

132. Health: Mental_Health: Disorders: Personality: Avoidant - Open Site The characteristics and traits of the Avoidant personality Disorder. http://open-site.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Avoidant/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Personality/Avoidant Top Health Mental Health Disorders ... Personality : Avoidant Characteristics and Traits Social shyness and anxiety are rather common, especially in certain periods in life (e.g., adolescence). But when they are coupled with feelings of inadequacy, deformity, and dysfunction and with hypersensitivity to criticism, real or imagined, we are dealing with the Avoidant Personality Disorder. Such people avoid interactions with others and any kind interpersonal contact. They dread rejection, embarrassment, disagreement, and disapproval and make sure that their counterparty likes them and approves of their conduct, or with their choices before they actually venture to meet him (or her). Not surprisingly, they prefer solitary occupations and are very restrained and "cold" in intimate relationships. They limit their world, escape challenges and risks and stunt their personal growth and development by avoiding the new (e.g., unfamiliar people, novel activities, or pursuits). Avoidants are mortified by shame and the possibility of being mocked, criticized, rejected, or ridiculed in public. Hence their propensity for ideas of reference (the delusional belief that one is the center of - usually negative - attention). They are timid and inhibited because they regard themselves as socially inept, repellant, unattractive, inferior, inadequate, dysfunctional, defective, or deformed. Some Avoidants develop Body Dysmorphic Disorders (negatively misperceive their bodies as ugly, repulsive, wrongly-sized, or otherwise problematic).

133. Health: Mental_Health: Disorders: Personality: Schizotypal - Open Site The characteristics and traits of the schizotypal personality disorder and criticism of this mental health category. http://open-site.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Schizotypal/

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Personality/Schizotypal Top Health Mental Health Disorders ... Personality : Schizotypal Characteristics and Traits Schizotypals are convinced that, behind their back, they are a constant topic of derision, mockery, criticism, or gossip. They suffer from ideas of reference. This is part of a larger pattern of bizarre beliefs, "theories", convictions, "scenarios", superstitions, and conspiracies that they adopt. Although generally not prone to delusions, the schizotypal is steeped in the occult and the esoteric to the exclusion of rational thinking and to the detriment of proper daily functioning. Some schizotypals report "supernatural" experiences, including perceptual distortions - such as "out of body" voyages, remote viewing, clairvoyance, telepathy, or recurrent coincidences. They report these events in a private language which is difficult to fathom due to its excessive use of metaphors, vagueness, circumspection, complexity, or stereotypes. The schizotypal's thinking is similarly convoluted and hermetic. Schizotypals dress oddly, behave eccentrically, and appear to be weird. Recurrent encounters with social impatience and ridicule due to their idiosyncrasies causes most schizotypals to become suspicious and even paranoid. Persecutory ideation is not uncommon. They trust few, usually first-degree relatives. Though not vulnerable to criticism, they tend to avoid social settings, convinced that everyone is "out to get them". The schizotypal is certain that the world is a hostile and unpredictable place and, thus, best avoided.

134. DID/MPD DEFINED Multiple personality Disorder is one of four Dissociative disorders indentified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders Third Edition http://www.golden.net/~soul/didpro.html

"About Multiple Personality Disorder and Dissociation" "The great French psychiatrist Pierre Janet coined the word dissaggregation about one hundred years ago to identify changes in consciousness which disturbed the normal, well-integrated functions of identity, memory and thought in several of his patients. This term was later translated from the French as dissociation Most clinicians believe that dissociative processes exist on a continuum. At one end are mild dissociative experiences common to most people (such as daydreaming or highway hypnosis). At the other extreme is severe, chronic dissociation which may result in serious impairment or inability to function. There is a wide range of experiences in between. Some people with MPD can hold highly responsible jobs, contributing to society in a variety of professions, the arts, and public service. To co-workers, neighbors, and others with whom they interact daily, they apparently function normally. The dissociative process may result in a series of discrete states which eventually may take on identities of their own. Often referred to as alternate personalities, these are the internal members of the MPD (DID) system. Changes between these personalities, or states of consciousness, are described as switching. Dissociation and switching may become automatic responses to anxiety and anticipated anxiety, even in non-abusive situations. Even after the traumatic circumstance is long past, the vestigial pattern of defensive dissociation remains. Chronic defensive dissociation may lead to serious dysfunction in work, social and daily activities.

135. Psych Central: Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms Antisocial personality Disorder. SYMPTOMS. This disorder is characterized by a longstanding pattern of a disregard for other people s http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx7.htm

home resource directory disorders quizzes ... support forums Antisocial Personality Disorder SYMPTOMS This disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of a disregard for other people's rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. This pattern of behavior has occurred since age 15 (although only adults 18 years or older can be diagnosed with this disorder) and consists by the presence of the majority of these symptoms: failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest deceitfulness , as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure impulsivity or failure to plan ahead irritability and aggressiveness , as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults reckless disregard for safety of self or others consistent irresponsibility , as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations lack of remorse , as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another Treatment Criteria summarized from: American Psychiatric Association. (1994).

136. Multiple Personality Disorder: Witchcraft Survives In The Twentieth Century (Ske between the two disorders diagnostic criteria are slight and mainly cosmetic in the newer criteria, terms such as identities or personality states are http://www.csicop.org/si/9805/witch.html

Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Home Contact CSICOP Search CSICOP On-line skeptical meta-index Skeptic Dictionary Skeptic Bibliography Amazon.com all of the Web You can help by making a tax-deductible donation! Skeptical Inquirer Subscribe to the magazine for science and reason - for the Internet price of $19.95 Index of Articles List of Online Articles Skeptical Briefs Join CSICOP as an associate member to receive the newsletter CSICOP About CSICOP Events Join the Mailing List Giftshop Special Features Chain Letters Anonymous Council for Media Integrity HoaxWatch Inquiring Minds ... Superstition Bash Web Columns Special Articles Doubt and About Generation sXeptic Science and the Media Center for Inquiry Center for Inquiry CFI Libraries Resources International Network of Skeptical Organizations Links Home Skeptical Inquirer ... Buy this back issue Multiple Personality Disorder: Witchcraft Survives in the Twentieth Century August Piper Jr. Since 1980, some psychotherapists have claimed that thousands of Americans are afflicted with multiple personality disorder. Believing such claims requires ignoring their many serious deficiencies. Any people, given over to the power of contagious passion, may be swept by desolation, and plunged into ruin.

137. Multiple Personality Disorder dissociative disorders. DID patients sometimes have setbacks in mixed therapy groups because other patients are bothered or frightened by their personality http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/000917.htm

MAIN SEARCH INDEX Multiple personality disorder Definition Description Causes and symptoms Diagnosis ... Resources Definition Multiple personality disorder, or MPD, is a mental disturbance classified as one of the dissociative disorders in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV ). It has been renamed dissociative identity disorder (DID). MPD or DID is defined as a condition in which "two or more distinct identities or personality states" alternate in controlling the patient's consciousness and behavior. Note: "Split personality" is not an accurate term for DID and should not be used as a synonym for schizophrenia Description The precise nature of DID (MPD) as well as its relationship to other mental disorders is still a subject of debate. Some researchers think that DID may be a relatively recent development in western society. It may be a culture-specific syndrome found in western society, caused primarily by both childhood abuse and unspecified long-term societal changes. Unlike depression or anxiety disorders , which have been recognized, in some form, for centuries, the earliest cases of persons reporting DID symptoms were not recorded until the 1790s. Most were considered medical oddities or curiosities until the late 1970s, when increasing numbers of cases were reported in the United States. Psychiatrists are still debating whether DID was previously misdiagnosed and underreported, or whether it is currently over-diagnosed. Because childhood trauma is a factor in the development of DID, some doctors think it may be a variation of

138. Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary - Books, Education, Communities Borderline personality disorder archives Dr. and Therapist; newsletter, articles, personal stories, communities, family section, clinician s forum, books and http://www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline/

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139. Great Ideas In Personality Great Ideas in personality This site provides papers, student resources and links on various major theories of personality (whether or not they count as great ideas), including sociobiology, http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.personalityresearch.org/&y=02456

140. Multiple Personality Disorder / Dissociative Identity Disorder Dr. Paul McHugh discusses Multiple personality Disorder also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder. Multiple personality Disorder. http://www.psycom.net/mchugh.html

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