explain personality disorders, assignment help

** Respond to at least one of your classmates. Your informed responses MUST be a minimum of 100 words. Your responses should demonstrate your ability to understand the topic being discussed. The 100 word requirement is for both your initial post/response and also your response(s) to your classmate(s).

Assignment:

Clients with personality disorders often are treated more harshly by the public, and especially by law enforcement officials, than are persons with other psychiatric diagnoses. What could explain this phenomenon, and what can be done to reduce this discrepancy?