What are the six specific requirements that an individual must meet in order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder? Explain why these criteria are necessary for diagnosis.
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- To be diagnosed with a personality disorder, a person must fit six specific requirements:
1. Experiencing problems in most aspects of life, such as relationships and thinking
2. Being inflexible in her or his behavior, such as not acting differently even when she or he should
3. Experiencing major life problems
4. Showing signs of the personality disorder since adolescence
5. The problematic behaviors cannot be due to another mental disorder
6. The problematic behaviors cannot be due to a physical disorder, such as a brain tumor or a reaction to drugs.
- These criteria need to be in place because personality disorders can be seen as an extreme on a continuum.
- For example, someone's eccentric behavior all by itself might be within the range of typical or expected behavior, especially within a particular cultural context.
- The presence of multiple criteria, however, move the interpretation from one of normal manifestations to one of disordered personality.
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