Page Paugh Homework 53/18/14 Personality Disorders: It is a mental health condition. In this condition a person has long-term behaviors, thoughts and emotions. These actions are typically wildly different from society's expectations. These behaviors can cause serious problems at home, at work and even in relationships. They have difficulty coping with daily stress and often have stormy relationships with other people. The causes of personality disorders vary from person to person. These causes can range from abuse to drug use by the mother during pregnancy. The symptoms are also different. They can be moderate or intolerable. The person with the disorder tends not to realize that they are the one with the problem and often blames others for their actions. Treatments for this are usually therapy and medications. This disorder usually becomes evident in early adolescence and early adulthood. And less noticeable in middle age. There are many types of personality disorders such as paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment and severity vary depending on the disorder. Dissociative Disorders: There are four main dissociative disorders, these include amnesia, identity, fugue and depersonalization disorder. All of these disorders have very similar symptoms. These symptoms include: loss of memory of people, time and places, mental health problems such as anxiety, detachment from yourself, seeing things around you in a distorted and unreal way, and not really knowing who you are. This is a common defense to a traumatic situation. This compromises the normal state of awareness and causes them to lose their self. treatment for...... middle of paper...... a change in a person's way of thinking to help resolve the conflict. This can be done both in a group and alone. This can be individual, group, martial, couple and family. Different approaches to therapy include psychodynamic, which is based on the assumption that the client has emotional problems due to unresolved conflicts, more often than not since childhood. The goal is to help the client better understand and cope with experiences by talking about them with a counselor. It can last from several months to several years. Another type is interpersonal therapy. This focuses on behaviors and interaction with family and friends. The goal of this therapy is to improve communication skills and increase self-esteem in a short period of time. This can last three to four months. This is suggested for depression and grief over major life events, even social isolation.