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.Case Study HW Personality Disorder HW


 * Source APA STYLE for Personality Disorder HW**

Myers, David G. (2002). Exploring Psychology: Fifth Edition In Modules. New York: Worth Publishers

Mayo Clinic Staff. (2008). Schizoid Personality Disorder. //Mayoclinic.// Retrieved January 10, 2010 from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizoid-personality-disorder/DS00865

There was nothing that I disliked about the proposal. I was also impressed by the student who sent it to me—the email she sent me made her seem smart and ambitious, and she mentioned something about a scholarship as well. My firm only got involved in community service proposals when the accounting department was reasonably convinced that donation or involvement would end up improving our company’s profits. The company liked me. I was cold and uncaring and that’s why they hired me as the head of public relations. As head of public relations, I often had the job of rejecting what we called the “Chablis” proposals. Usually a phone call sufficed because I do not like to interact with people and wish to work alone in a solitary setting, but I decided to give that young campaigner the courtesy of a face-to-face rejection. “Ms. Price?” I asked when the student walked into my office. I offered her my hand and smirked. I shook her hand violently. “Yes,” she said, overflowing with confidence. I was almost intimidated before I remembered she was just a high school student. She had pure blonde hair and ice blue eyes. She wore a black-collared blouse with white dress slacks but a pair of green sneakers. “Now, Stacy,” I said, “I read your request and I think that your campaign sounds interesting.” “That’s great!” she said. “My club has been working arduously to help—” “Stacy,” I said, cutting her off. “I think it’s great that you and your friends have so much concern for underprivileged children in Memphis—” “Yes, and we think that your company help—” “Like I was saying,” I said, trying to be patient. “I think it’s great that your organization has already done so much, but I’m afraid that our company is going to have to say no.” She froze, but only for a moment. “But Mr. Lee,” she said, “your firm is one of the most generous companies in the city.” I took off my glasses. “Look, Stacy,” I said, crossing my arms, “I like you, so I think it is time that somebody told you a little about how the real world works.” This time she cut me off. “Mr. Lee,” she said, “I knew that you might be skeptical. Take a look at this data my organization put together.” She pulled out a folder and opened it on my desk. I leaned forward and looked at the charts and graphs inside. “What you see here,” she continued, “is a record of the donations and profit statements of twenty-five companies that donated to our charity. Nearly eighty percent of them saw an increase in profit of at least a quarter percent in the six months their donation.” I was beginning to get uncomfortable. Stacy kept going. “And I have more data here that show the increase was not just a random coincidence, but that—” I stood up. “Stacy, I am sorry,” I yelled, “You need to leave, NOW!” After muttering something to herself, Stacy slowly stood up and traipsed out of my office without looking back. Her strides were weak as a prisoner who was about to get executed. I didn’t feel bad at all; in fact, I felt nothing. I had no regret.

(Diagnosis)

According to the case study, Mr. Lee seems to be very impatient and exacting. He does not have any patience for the other person and he cuts off the other person's speech very frequently. I think he has an anti-social disorder. That is, because he shows no sympathy for other people. For instance, he said "I didn't feel bad at all; in fact, I felt nothing. I had no regret." According to this, he demonstrates absolutely no sympathy towards the other person and he is overly aggressive. Aggressiveness is a hint for anti-social disorders. He also demonstrates some signs of violence, because the writer described his handshake with the student as being violent. Also, he stated that he does not like interacting with other people and prefers solitary working sessions. Even his boss characterized him as cold and uncaring, fitting his job perfectly. Although his symptoms are definitely not serious enough to diagnose him as a sociopath or a psychopath, he still belong in that group. He has trouble controlling his behaviors. Therefore, he is also dangerous to other people, since he is overly aggressive and shows no sympathy towards other people. This shows that he has an acute form of anti-social disorder.

(Treatment)

I recommend Mr. Lee a meeting with a counselor to inhibit possible further progression of the disorder. There are counseling and psychotherapy available for treatment for this disorder. Group psychotherapy is useful for this case because developing a sense of trust is beneficial for these patients. Anti-social disorder patients often demonstrate little or almost no signs of emotional relationships with other people or family members, so it is good to develop trusting relationships with other people via group psychotherapy. Although this may seem rather scary and revolutionary for the patient at first, the patient will later learn to adopt to this therapy, if therapy is successful. In order for this therapy to be successful, the patient must learn to trust the therapist completely. ** Sadly, there is no medical drugs that are known to ease this disorder at the moment. Therefore, drug therapy is not an option. To sum up, the most important part of treating anti-social disorders is the establishment of trusting relationships with other people so that the patient can become a more social person. The person must learn to be social and establish emotional relationships with other people. **

 Antisocial Personality Disorder. (n.d.). //Mental Health - Psychlogy - Psychiatry - PsychNet-UK//. Retrieved January 10, 2010, from http://www.psychnet-uk.com/clinical_psychology/criteria_personality_antisocial.htm

I think diagnosis was partly correct. I agree with the responder that the person was was a sociopath or a psychopath. However, I intended my person to be suffering from schizoid personality disorder. People who are suffering from this disorder lack social skill and they tend to work in jobs that require little social contact. Obvisouly, the "I" in the story seems to hate talking with the girl that came in with the proposal. Moreover, the person admitted that "I was cold and uncaring and that’s why they hired me as the head of public relations." Such statement is indicative of the person's personality that his social skill is extremely weak. He also doesn't seem to show emotion, a characterstic unique to schizoid personality disorder. For this reason, the person is suffering from schizoid personality disorder; however, I can see that this person could be categorized as a sociopath but I still believe schizoid personality disorder is a more precise term.
 * RESPONSE TO THE DIAGNOSIS (PERSON 107)**