7-2 Students Comments: Personality Disorders

 7-2 Students Comments Name Institution Date 7-2: Elizabeth As highlighted by Elizabeth, I agree that all personality disorders have high co-occurring disorder rates especially those in cluster B .Such patients display symptoms of maladaptive behavior pattern which is severe and cause internal distress or can lead to impairment in functioning. Internal distress causes anxiety and fear and if combined with SUD symptoms this makes treatment difficult (Kienast et al, 2014). PTSD is more like an anxiety disorder that causes extreme traumatic occurrence, hence treatment plan needs to be systematic. Psychological intervention would be appropriate, but first, the client needs to be detoxified (Kienast et al, 2014). Lauretta I concur that personality disorders like antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder all have a high prevalence of co-morbidity. Individuals with the mentioned personality disorders display pervasive patterns of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and impulsivity (Morrison, Berenz & Coffey, 2014). When treating comorbidity psychological intervention like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an effect with those suffering from SUD and PTSD. However, for adolescents, multisystem therapy is the be...