DSM-IV Evaluation
Jamie Erwin
PSY/270
July 5, 2015
Professor RaTonya Gibson
DSM-IV Evaluation
Case Study One: Schizoid personality disorder.
In behavioral framework it is believed the certain environments and/or your genetic factors can cause an individual to develop schizoid personality disorder. Also things like children who grow up with parents who are not emotionally there can at times result in the developing of this disorder and abuse suffered as a child can all contribute to the development of this disorder. Treatment for this disorder has shown limited effectiveness.
Case Study Two: Narcissistic personality disorder. This disorder is in the psychodynamic theory. This is characterized by a child’s exposure to their parents neglect or rejection of them, losing a parent whether it be because of separation, divorce, and even death. A child can build up defenses to their emotions making themselves seem fine and having no real need for personal attachment. The complete opposite to this of course are the parents who over dote on their children, these children can develop a feeling of superiority to others.
Case Study Three: Hysterical Somatoform / Conversion disorder. This disorder is poorly understood. In psychodynamic models, there are a couple of ways of dealing with internal conflict, there is primary gain and secondary gain. With primary gain a person substitutes their feeling of struggle and fear by creating a physical ailment in themselves. With secondary gain an individual actually uses a perceived illness or ailment as a way of shunning a situation that they are fearful of or simply to gain sympathy from others.

Case Study Four: Dissociative amnesia disorder.
This disorder is an expression of memory repression, the belief that an individual has experienced a traumatic occurrence and they have unconsciously block the