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    Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

    By Kenneth Kee

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    This book describes Personality Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
    A person with a personality disorder thinks, senses, behaves or communicates with others very differently from the average person.
    There are several different forms of personality disorder.
    Those who suffer from a personality disorder have great difficulty dealing with other people.
    They are likely to be inflexible, rigid, and not able to react to the changes and demands of life.
    Personality indicates a distinctive set of attributes, behavior styles, and patterns that make up the personality or distinctiveness.
    The way people see the world, their attitudes, thoughts, and feelings are all part of the personality.
    People with healthy personalities are able to deal with normal stresses and have no trouble forming relationships with family, friends, and co-workers.
    While they feel that their behavior patterns are normal or right, people with personality disorders are likely to have a narrow view of the world and find it hard to take part in social activities.

    Causes:
    It is not clear exactly what causes personality disorders, but they are believed to occur from a combination of the genes a person inherits and early environmental effects such as a distressing childhood experience (abuse or neglect).
    There are many recognized personality disorders, each with their own set of behaviors and symptoms.
    Cluster A: Odd or eccentric behavior
    Schizoid Personality Disorder
    Schizoid personalities are introverted, reserved, single, emotionally cold, and distant.
    Paranoid Personality Disorder
    The important feature for this type of personality disorder is interpreting the actions of others as terrorizing or debasing.
    Schizotypal Personality Disorder
    A pattern of peculiarities best depicts those with schizotypal personality disorder.
    Strange, bizarre or paranoid beliefs and thoughts are frequent
    Cluster B:
    Antisocial Personality Disorder
    People with antisocial personality disorder typically act out their conflicts and pay no attention to normal rules of social behavior.
    Borderline Personality Disorder
    People with borderline personality disorder are not stable in several areas, such as interpersonal relationships, conduct, temper, and sense of self.
    Histrionic personality disorder
    People with histrionic personality disorder want to be the center of attention in any group of people, and they feel uncomfortable when they are not.
    Narcissistic Personality Disorder
    People with narcissistic personality have an overstated sense of self-importance, are captivated by fantasies of unlimited success, and look for constant attention
    Cluster C:
    Avoidant Personality Disorder
    Avoidant personalities are often oversensitive to rejection and are not willing to become concerned with others unless they are sure of being liked.
    Dependent Personality Disorder
    People with dependent personality disorder may display a pattern of dependent behavior, depending on others to make decisions for them
    Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
    Compulsive personalities are conscientious and have high levels of ambition but they also try hard for perfection.

    Symptoms
    Symptoms differ depending on the type of personality disorder.

    Diagnosis:
    1. A deeply ingrained, inflexible pattern of involving, perceiving, and thinking serious enough to cause anguish or impaired functioning is a personality disorder.
    2. Personality disorders are normally identified by adolescence, persist throughout adulthood, and become less evident throughout middle age

    Treatment:
    The treatment may involve individual, group, or family psychotherapy- talking therapy
    Medicines may also be helpful in alleviating some of the symptoms

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Personality Disorders
    Chapter 2 Causes
    Chapter 3 Symptoms

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateSep 6, 2018
    ISBN9780463244791
    Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Personality Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Personality Disorders,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Diagnosis,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2018 Smashwords Edition

      Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes Personality Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      (What The patient Need to Treat Personality Disorders)

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

      My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

      Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

      I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

      This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

      From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

      Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

      For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

      The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

      The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

      Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

      As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

      Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

      I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

      I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

      I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

      Chapter 1

      Personality Disorder

      What is a Personality Disorder?

      A person with a personality disorder thinks, senses, behaves or communicates with others very differently from the average person.

      There are several different forms of personality disorder.

      This book provides some information about personality disorders in general

      Those who suffer from a personality disorder have great difficulty dealing with other people.

      They are likely to be inflexible, rigid, and not able to react to the changes and demands of life.

      Personality indicates a distinctive set of attributes, behavior styles, and patterns that make up the personality or distinctiveness.

      The way people see the world, their attitudes, thoughts, and feelings are all part of the personality.

      People with healthy personalities are able to deal with normal

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