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Proposals by the UK Government for preventive detention of people with ‘dangerous severe personality disorders' highlight the unresolved issue of whether personality disorders should be regarded as mental illnesses.
To clarify the issue by examining the concepts of psychopathy and personality disorder, the attitudes of contemporary British psychiatrists to personality disorders, and the meaning of the terms ‘mental illness'and ‘mental disorder’.
The literature on personality disorder is assessed in the context of four contrasting concepts of illness or disease.
Whichever of the four concepts or definitions is chosen, it is impossible to conclude with confidence that personality disorders are, or are not, mental illnesses; there are ambiguities in the definitions and basic information about personality disorders is lacking.
The historical reasons for regarding personality disorders as fundamentally different from mental illnesses are being undermined by both clinical and genetic evidence. Effective treatments for personality disorders would probably have a decisive influence on psychiatrists' attitudes.
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Wassef, Andréanne 2017. Questionnements et malaises d’une future psychiatre. Santé mentale au Québec, Vol. 42, Issue. 1, p. 445.
Pilgrim, David 2017. Incorrigible conduct and incorrigible diagnoses: the case of personality disorder. Social Theory & Health, Vol. 15, Issue. 4, p. 388.
Newton-Howes, Giles Mulder, Roger Ellis, Pete M. Boden, Joseph M. and Joyce, Peter 2017. Predictive Utility of Personality Disorder in Depression: Comparison of Outcomes and Taxonomic Approach. Journal of Personality Disorders, p. 1.
Asherson, Philip and Cormand, Bru 2016. The genetics of aggression: Where are we now?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, Vol. 171, Issue. 5, p. 559.
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Smith, Carl R. Katsiyannis, Antonis Losinski, Mickey and Ryan, Joseph B. 2015. Eligibility for Students With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 25, Issue. 4, p. 252.
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The distinction between personality disorder and mental illness
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