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A 12 page paper that describes three perspectives and treatment approaches of the antisocial personality patient. The three approaches are the dynamic approach, the cognitive behavior approach and the interpersonal approach. The scenario that describes the patient was provided by the student. After explaining each perspective, the writer discusses the goal and foci of each type of therapeutic approach. No Bibliography.
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You will need to include author, date in citations and then author, book title, publisher in the bibliography section of your final paper. Your instructions suggest there is a different
DSM-IV diagnosis depending on the perspective. It does not matter what type of therapist one is, the criteria stated in the DSM-IV must be present to diagnose any psychopathology so
Im a bit confused about this instruction.] Dynamic View Antisocial individuals have a wide range of emotional responses that differ by individual (Chapter 8, p. 166). They may
be very reclusive or they may be very outgoing (Chapter 8, p. 166). One of the characteristics of this personality may be deficient emotional processing abilities (Chapter 8, p. 166).
The same is true for impulsivity control; some individuals may have none, like a mugger who wants what he wants now, while others have excellent impulse control able to plan
and wait to get what he wants, like an embezzler (Chapter 8, p. 166). Whatever they do can be justified because others are unkind to them (Chapter Sixteen). Further, they
are the victim, the innocent bystander others treat badly (Chapter Sixteen). In other words, they use projection as one of their many defense mechanisms (Chapter Sixteen). They are difficult in
therapy because their psychic structure is so poorly constructed; it has to be chaotic and disorganized because that is the only way they can achieve their self-centered purposes (Chapter Sixteen,
p. 470). In therapy, the antisocial will try to manipulate and impress the therapist with their profound insights (Chapter Sixteen, p. 474). It is only a trick to get what
they want, sometimes, avoidance of institutionalization, such as prison for criminal behaviors (Chapter Sixteen, p. 474). In Jorges case, it has to do with keeping his wife from leaving. If
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