William Hanna, Psy. D., BCRPS, from Alta Mira Recovery Programs (www.AltaMiraRecovery.com), Discuses Personality Disorders: Clinical Principles Concerning Character Psychopathology.
Alta Mira provides an enhanced, brain healthy, curriculum within a Monday through Sunday, 30 or 90 day core program which includes educational didactic lectures and related integration of knowledge and skills within the interactive practical groups which happen in the afternoon.
Alta Mira employes a philosophy of treating addiction through biological, psychological, social and integration means of modalities. What Doctor Hanna believes sets Alta Mira apart from other substance dependence treatment facilities is the highly credentialed professional team including seven doctoral level clinicians on staff, state of the art neuropsychological and psychological testing with Dr. Patti Weiss including assessment and diagnosis, providing three individual therapy sessions to each client per week and Alta Mira's cutting edge brain healthy curriculum and the ability to provide brain SPECT scans or images.
There are two kinds of people in the world, the emotional and the intellectual. To be healthy you need to have a balance of both.
The shaping of ones personality consists of three interdependent factors. The factors are psychological, physiological and environmental or interpersonal factors. Together, these influences will determine the anxieties and need states that will result in the development of specific unconscious defense mechanisms and conscious coping strategies of the person.
The key to understanding adult psychopathology lies in the understanding of childhood and adolescent development. Before ethically diagnosing the client with a personality disorder the client has to sit through a batteries test.
The definition of a character disorder according to the DSM is "A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individuals culture... is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable overtime and leads to stress or impairment."
A personality disorder or character disorder is a historical diagnosis, it lies in the clients history, not in the clients interview itself, although you can gather much information and clues in the clients interview.
Dr. Hanna states that "The clients immediate behavior in the interview often provides important clues to underlying psychopathology, but the criteria for establishing the diagnosis lie in historical evidence. A personality disorder leaves historical cracks. The nature of these tracks varies significantly."
William Hanna, Psy. D., BCRPS Clinical Principles Concerning Character Psychopathology major field of study medicine | |
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