Debate: young people with personality disorder should be recognised and appropriately managed
Author(s)
Tyrer, Peter
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The characteristic features of personality disorder that are found in older people are also present in young people. These features are currently not diagnosed as personality problems by most UK practitioners, through a mixture of fear and prejudice, which is used to justify this avoidant diagnostic behaviour. A simple solution is offered. State that personality function is ‘disordered’ in those who cross the threshold for diagnosis but emphasise that it is often ephemeral and can be managed.
Date Issued
2022-05-01
Date Acceptance
2022-03-01
Citation
Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2022, 27 (2), pp.199-200
ISSN
1475-357X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
199
End Page
200
Journal / Book Title
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Volume
27
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Authors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
License URL
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12551
Subjects
1117 Public Health and Health Services
1303 Specialist Studies in Education
1701 Psychology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-03-15