Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
October, 2016
personality dysfunction disorder
personality dysfunction disorder Personality dysfunction occurs in adults when there has been a disruption to personality development. This has its origin in the early years during crucial periods of personality development, and becomes ingrained as a chronically maladaptive style during adolescence. Personality dysfunction frequently involves disturbed self-experiences, disturbed interpersonal behaviour and maladaptive coping mechanisms. Current […]
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MANAGING EMOTIONS AND STRESS
MANAGING EMOTIONS AND STRESS Infants develop ongoing and characteristic ways of managing stress and negative feelings. These are variously called adaptive and defence mechanisms and refer to various strategies that an individual uses to manage anxiety and feelings. Parents may directly influence an infant’s defence style by discouraging or encouraging certain behaviours. For example, strong […]
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