This paper can be on any disorder that falls into the category of personality and/or paraphilic disorders.
In 2 pages:
1. Explain the controversy that surrounds your selected disorder.
2. Explain your professional beliefs about this disorder, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature.
3. Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a patient that may present with this disorder.
4. Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to this disorder that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important.
This weeks Resources:
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: NICE Guidelines. (2010). Antisocial personality disorder: Prevention and managementLinks to an external site..https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg77
Boland, R. Verdiun, M. L. & Ruiz, P. (2022). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 19 “Personality Disordersâ€
Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (Eds.). (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
Chapter 67, “Disorders of Personalityâ€
Chapter 68, “Developmental Risk for Psychopathyâ€
Chapter 69, “Gender Dysphoria and Paraphilic Sexual Disorders†(pp. 988–993 only)
Zakhari, R. (2021). The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner certification review manual. Springer Publishing Company.
Chapter 14, “Personality Disordersâ€