Personality Disorders

  • Select one of the personality disorders from the DSM-5-TR (e.g., paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic).
  • Briefly describe the personality disorder you selected, including the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria.
  • Explain a therapeutic approach (individual, family, or group) and a modality you might use to treat a client presenting with this disorder. Explain why you selected the approach and modality, justifying their appropriateness.
  • Next, briefly explain what a therapeutic relationship is in psychiatry. Explain how you would share your diagnosis of this disorder with the client to avoid damaging the therapeutic relationship. Compare the differences in how you would share your diagnosis with an individual, a family, and in a group session.

Support your response with at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly and please ttach the PDFs of your sources.

personality disorders

  • Select one of the personality disorders from the DSM-5-TR (e.g., paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic).
  • Briefly describe the personality disorder you selected, including the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria.
  • Explain a therapeutic approach (individual, family, or group) and a modality you might use to treat a client presenting with this disorder. Explain why you selected the approach and modality, justifying their appropriateness.
  • Next, briefly explain what a therapeutic relationship is in psychiatry. Explain how you would share your diagnosis of this disorder with the client to avoid damaging the therapeutic relationship. Compare the differences in how you would share your diagnosis with an individual, a family, and in a group session.

Support your response with at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly and please ttach the PDFs of your sources.

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