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Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders . Mental Illness Unit. Aimless Crime.

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Personality Disorders

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  1. Personality Disorders Mental Illness Unit

  2. Aimless Crime • On October 7, 1976, Gary Gilmore was sentenced to death by a Utah court after a seemingly purposeless crime spree, and on January 16th 1977, he because the first person executed in the United States since 1966….Gilmore had been released from prison only six months earlier, after serving time for armed robbery….Gilmore himself described the next events: “I pulled up hear a gas station. I told the service station guy to give me all of his money. I then took him to the bathroom and told him to kneel down and then I shot him in the head twice. The guy didn’t give me any trouble but I just felt like I had to do it.” • The very next morning, Gilmore left his car at another service station…. “I went in and told the guy to give me the money….Then I shot him….”

  3. Personality disorders • Definition: maladaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one’s environment • Cannot establish relationships with other people • Cannot assume social responsibilities • Cannot adapt to their social environment • Self Defeated Personality Patters: • Painfully shy, lonely • Vain, pushy show-offs

  4. Types of personality disorders

  5. Antisocial personality • Definition: a personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience • Treat people as objects • Major Occupation: thrill seeking • Intolerant of everyday emotions

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