psychology survey

[wolf]

Consider this also ...

While people who commit serial murders may have severe personality disorders, the majority of people with severe personality disorders do not kill people. It's a logical fallacy to assume that the personality disorder is a determining factor.

Some folks are just plain evil.

I often have to explain to families that sometimes people do things because they are mentally ill, and sometimes they do it because they are criminals. Not all persons with an Axis II disorder have a co-occuring Axis I disorder, or even are in need of inpatient treatment.

Be-Bop ... most of the people who are diagnosed with personality disorders really do have them, however a lot of these folks, as well as a lot of substance abusers, also have a "primary" diagnosis hung on them, just so the insurance company will pay to treat the "acute" disorder/symptoms.

(ADD/ADHD really does need it's own thread. That's the pharmaceutical companies' cash cow, that is)