Explain and justify the Personality Disorder Diagnosis using the most recent version of the DSM as a guide
Choose and read any one case study from Chapter 13 of DSM-5 in Action (Personality Disorders).
Investigate the specific personality disorder that you learned about in your case study.
Create a PowerPoint presentation with 10-15 slides about the case study you’ve chosen.
In your presentation, include the following information:
A brief description of the selected case study
Explain and justify the Personality Disorder Diagnosis using the most recent version of the DSM as a guide.
Details about the disorder’s treatment plan.
Identify the cluster (A, B, or C) to which this personality disorder belongs, as well as explain your reasoning.
Information on the prognosis and prevalence of the disorder.
A minimum of five scholarly references, which should include your textbook and the most recent DSM version. Make sure to only use current and scholarly references for this assignment.
Speaker notes that are detailed and correspond to what you would say if you were delivering the presentation in person.
While APA formatting is not required for the body of this assignment on Case Study from DSM-5 Chapter 13 (Personality Disorders) in Action: PCN 605, solid academic writing is expected, and source documentation should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the Student Success Center.
Leon awoke late this morning, believing that someone wishing him harm interfered with his alarm clock, causing him to miss his alarm.
In Action PCN 605, a case study from the DSM-5’s Chapter 13 (Personality Disorders) is presented.
would be late for work (CriterionA1). He believes Morgan at work is out to make him look bad in front of his boss in order to get him fired (A6). When he arrives at work an hour late, Mary, the receptionist, greets him with “Good morning, Leon” (A4). She was trying to be friendly, but Leon believes she is trying to get him in trouble with the boss by making a scene so the boss notices he is late. Morgan approaches Leon, thinking she is a close friend of his. He shakes Morgan’s hand and returns to his workstation.
Important information for writing discussion questions and participation
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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.
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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.
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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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He is thinking about Morgan’s betrayal (A2). Leon overhears a conversation between his boss, Jacob, and Morgan. He believes they are planning to write him up for being late this morning (A1andA2). He can’t keep his mouth shut any longer and confronts his boss about his conversation with Morgan. The boss informs him that a surprise for a coworker’s 50th birthday is in the works. Leon has reservations about his boss. This incident fuels his resentment of Morgan, whom he refuses to forgive for interfering with his alarm clock (A5). Leon met five of the PPD diagnostic criteria during the interview (A1, A2, A4, A5, and A6). PPD patients frequently blame others for their own failures. Cultural considerations in diagnosing this disorder may be related to immigrant groups who do not understand the dominant culture, may face language barriers, or may not understand the rules and regulations of the new country. Several ethnic groups may also exhibit behaviors that are misinterpreted as paranoid (APA,2013). Because of their chronic suspicion and perception of character attacks, people with PPD can be difficult to treat in psychotherapy (Dobbert,200).
