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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 281695" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>WSM, your comment above re diagnoses under 18 reminded me of some information I came across in Wikipedia the other day. I was actually reviewing their entry on Borderline (BPD), but this part was intersting:</p><p></p><p>"There are some instances when Borderline (BPD) can be evident and diagnosed before the age of 18. The DSM-IV states: To diagnose a personality disorder in an individual under 18 years, the features must have been present for at least 1 year.' In other words, it is possible to diagnose borderline personality disorder in children and teens, but only if the symptoms have been present, continuously, for over a year."</p><p></p><p>If the DSM-IV says this about Borderline (BPD), I would assume it's true of other personality disorders, as well. I've never bought the line of personality disorders not being diagnosable until adulthood. As my daughter's psychiatrist said to me once (after a psychiatric hospital social worker told me Oldest couldn't have Borderline (BPD), she was too young) .. adolescence is when the personality is developing, so of course they can be diagnosed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 281695, member: 1157"] WSM, your comment above re diagnoses under 18 reminded me of some information I came across in Wikipedia the other day. I was actually reviewing their entry on Borderline (BPD), but this part was intersting: "There are some instances when Borderline (BPD) can be evident and diagnosed before the age of 18. The DSM-IV states: To diagnose a personality disorder in an individual under 18 years, the features must have been present for at least 1 year.' In other words, it is possible to diagnose borderline personality disorder in children and teens, but only if the symptoms have been present, continuously, for over a year." If the DSM-IV says this about Borderline (BPD), I would assume it's true of other personality disorders, as well. I've never bought the line of personality disorders not being diagnosable until adulthood. As my daughter's psychiatrist said to me once (after a psychiatric hospital social worker told me Oldest couldn't have Borderline (BPD), she was too young) .. adolescence is when the personality is developing, so of course they can be diagnosed. [/QUOTE]
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