Dr. Michael H. Stone was a psychiatrist and scholar. Dr. Stone’s work lent support to the need for flexibility in the therapeutic approach to treating borderline personality disorder. Stone was also recognized for refining the concept of psychopathy, as described by Dr. Robert D. Hare and Dr. David Cooke. He is the author of many books, but his books […]
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After long thinking and researching I had come to the conclusion that degree of civilization and our happiness depend on how we treat the worst among us – those in prisons; how we treat minorities and marginalized groups. I was so proud of that conclusion, but then I was reading about Fyodor Dostoevsky and suddenly
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BPD in people can be observe by instability of emotions in the first place, but as a result of that, instability of behaviors, self-image and all aspects of a personality is present. DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is used in the US, but BPD is also known as EUPD (Emotionally unstable personality
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Zimbardo and his colleagues (1973) were interested in finding out whether the brutality reported among guards in American prisons was due to the sadistic personalities of the guards (i.e., dispositional) or had more to do with the prison environment (i.e., situational). Do guards have to behave sometimes aggressively, because they are dealing with people who
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Carl Jung – The one thing is sure, a great change of our psychological attitude is imminent. That is certain. Reporter – And why? Carl Jung – Because we need more… We need more psychology. We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself. He is the
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The majority of criminals easily meet criteria for antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is the most common psychiatric disorder among people who have been incarcerated. A systematic cross-national review found that ASPD is present in about 47% of people currently incarcerated (Fazel and Danesh 2002). In some studies, the prevalence is greater still,
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Narcissism sits on a continuum. We need to have a certain level of confidence and a certain level of self-esteem to function and be productive on a daily basis. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is an extreme manifestation of narcissism. Criteria: Other illnesses that are comorbid (simultaneously present in a patient, relating to medical conditions) with
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“Psychopath knows the words but not the music”, J. H. Johns and H. C. Quay. Many researchers, clinicians, and writers use the terms psychopath and sociopath interchangeably for many reasons, but we use antisocial personality disorder described in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as well, widely used as the ‘’diagnostic Bible’’ for
One of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology was carried out by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University. He conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. The experiments began in July 1961. Milgram was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an
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In 1951 Solomon Asch conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform. Asch used a lab experiment to study conformity, whereby 50 male students in the USA participated in a ‘‘vision test’’. He told them it was a vision test. Asch put
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