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Logan 1 Destinee Logan Professor Julia Langdal PSY-102 Grand Canyon University 09 December 2017

Personality Disorder Discussion on Talk of the Nation Listen to the following radio program: https://www.npr.org/2012/12/04/166503627/thechallenges-posed-by-personality-disorders After you have listened to the program, respond to the following questions:

1. What concerns did you hear discussed regarding the DSM and diagnosing personality disorders?

Regarding the DSM, diagnosing personality disorders seems to bring up concerns when it comes to things like the fine lines between different types of personalities and psychiatrists projecting these disorders onto their patients based on their first interactions due to the “you-know-it-ifyou-see-it mentality.”

2. One of the callers mentioned bias in their comments to the host. What was the response from the journalist on the radio program?

Logan 2 The journalist on the show responded with, “it seemed to me that there was a bias, throwing your hands up in the air, personality disorders, but we don't know which one it is.” So he was agreeing with her, the caller, and he added onto her point. The other journalist responded as well with “I think the bias is understandable, because, you know, depression seems like something that happens to you, you know, the same thing with schizophrenia and bipolar and so on, whereas personality disorder, that feels like that's you. You know, that's on you. That's sort of how you've sort of expressed yourself and managed your way through the world, and so you can see where there would be more stigma, I think.”

3. Do you agree with the caller that suggested that we reward narcissism in American culture? Why or why not?

Absolutely, I think that we reward narcissism. It is something that is admired in small doses, partially because of the fact that it is seen as a strong, masculine trait. It also happens to be a trait that majority of serial killers have, which is how they made big names for themselves within their careers, prior to even being taken into custody for their crimes.

4. According to the psychologist on the program, diagnosing personality disorders is difficult. Why is that?

One of the big things that makes diagnosing personality disorders so difficult according to Mark Lenzenweger is “that many people, frontline clinicians, simply often don't have that kind of time. You know, the researchers who spend hours and hours working on these problems in the

Logan 3 laboratories, you might spend two to six hours conducting a diagnostic interview with the person that you're considering, you know, being in a personality disorders research study. Most clinicians simply don't have that time.”...