We are writing to you in response to your article (Personality disorders at work: how to spot them and what you can do, theguardian.com, 25 October), which we were pleased to see has now been taken down pending review.
As a group of mental health professionals and people with lived experience, we were shocked and disappointed with the tone and content of the piece. Personality disorder is a recognised mental health condition and people who have this diagnosis have suffered many years of stigma and discrimination.
People with a diagnosis of personality disorder (there are a range of conditions within this cluster) exist within a world of rejection and harm. Most will have experienced abuse or other traumatising factors in childhood. It is wholly inappropriate to make the link with psychopathy in such a flippant way without a clear contextual understanding of the reasons why people develop such difficult feelings and symptoms.
Between 60% and 70% of people with a diagnosis of...
Source: Our concern and disappointment over article on personality disorders | Letter
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