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JonBenét Ramsey – The most Sensationalized Case in the Last Decade of the 20th century

JonBenét Ramsey was a six-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in her family house at Christmas time. She was born in wealthy family and could have had all privileges, safe and happy growing up. She is remembered as a blonde, green eyed little girl with full face of makeup and stylish hair performing on the […]

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz - Paraphilias, JonBenét Ramsey, Pedophilic Disorder, Personality disorders, Sadism, Sexual sadism disorder

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Dissociative disorders – Dissociative identity disorder (DID) commonly known as Multiple personality disorder

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Multiple personality disorder had been used until 1994 and the idea was that there was additional information with these personalities, with these alters. So in a sense these alters were growing they were developing as individuals. In 1994 name is changed to Dissociative identity disorder (DID). With DID our understanding is that these alters are

Depersonalization/Derealization disorder, Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative disorders, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative identity disorder (DID), Multiple personality disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, Psychiatry, Unspecified Dissociative Disorder

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Cases

Danny Rolling – Inspiration for the famous 1996 movie “Scream”

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In August 1990, in Gainesville Florida, while students were preparing for the start of fall semester, shocking chain of events brought a dark cloud of fear and terror amongst the whole community in the college town for at least two or three months. People were afraid to go out, afraid to open their doors afraid

Antisocial Personality Disorder, Danny Rolling, Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz - Paraphilias, Michael H. Stone, Personality disorders, Sadism, Serial Murderers - Definition and Classifications, Sexual sadism disorder, The Gainesville Ripper

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Pathological lying

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Unlike telling the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or getting in trouble, a pathological liar seems to lie for no apparent reason. Pathological lying is a persistent, compulsive tendency to tell lies out of proportion to any apparent advantage that can be achieved. This often occurs among people with alcohol dependence or

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Battered woman syndrome and Coercive control

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Battered woman syndrome is considered a type of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychologist Lenore Walker, EdD, coined the term in her groundbreaking 1979 book, The Battered Woman. Battered woman’s syndrome is the psychological effects of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse inflicted by intimate partner. Men are also abused by their partners, and the term “battered

Battered woman syndrome, Coercive control, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Paraphilic disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Attachment styles

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Founded by psychoanalyst John Bowlby in the 1950s and expanded by Mary Ainsworth, attachment theory outlines how your bond with your primary caregivers sets the foundation for how you navigate relationships throughout life. Human infant cannot survive without its caregiver. That is why infants need closeness with their caregivers. Depending on the relationship that caregivers,

Attachment styles, Insecure attachment styles, Secure attachment style

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Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Ed, Text Revision (DSM-5) criteria for a diagnosis of histrionic personality disorder (1), patients must have a persistent pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. This pattern is shown by the presence of ≥ 5 of the following: Also, symptoms must have begun by early adulthood. Histrionic

Histrionic personality disorder, Personality disorders

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Cases

Luka Magnotta posted online murders he committed

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This is a case of attention seeking behaviors that escalated to murder. Luka Magnotta was not his birth name. He was born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman on July 24th 1982 in the Scarboro District of Toronto Ontario. Luka would describe his mother as excessively focused on cleanliness to the extent of locking her children outside

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz - Paraphilias, Histrionic personality disorder, Luka Magnotta, Personality disorders, Schizophrenia

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Bishop Gary Heidnik – Serial Murderer

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Gary Heidnik was a bishop. He was 28 years old when he started a church in 1971, the United Church of the Ministers of God. Gary began to hold church services in his basement. Within a couple of years those regularly attending services had multiplied. Gary’s disciples donated more than five hundred thousand dollars that

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz - Paraphilias, Gary Heidnik, Michael H. Stone, Psychopathy, Schizoid personality disorder, Serial Murderers - Definition and Classifications

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