Antipathy towards people with personality disorders

Abstract

Comments on an article by D. Chartonas et al. (see record [rid]2017-35770-004[/rid]). The author notes that the paper by Chartonas et al. gave understandable data but its title obscures a great deal of change since 1988. Until we can get away from the notion that personality disorder is just a synonym for havoc, the stigma of the diagnosis will persist. The new classification should show that only a relatively small number of us are free from personality disturbance at some level, and this is the best antidote to stigma that the current author knows. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)