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Personality disorders?

LarrySmithContributor28 May 2022, 11:34 am AEST

Personality disorders?

Hi,

my psychiatrist recently told me I had, not one, but 3 personality disorders: borderline, avoidant and, surprisingly, antisocial. Although, he assured me I was not a psychopath! Seriously, though, this has led me to wonder if there are any govt funded case management services out there. From what I’ve found, these are only available to those with psychotic disorders. What don’t those in healthcare not understand about the correlation between offending and personality disorders?

I was correct in assuming people who suffer delusions get far more resources because they are deemed a public safety risk, but how is someone like myself also not a similar public safety risk?

I have had claims for NDIS and DSP both rejected, so where does this leave me, if not in a great deep, dark void?

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LarrySmithContributor30 May 2022, 6:14 am AEST

Re: Personality disorders?

Thanks. Someone else mentioned the BPD foundation, and I’ve found listening to some of the podcasts to be extremely useful. I’m only now just wrapping my head around PDs. I found the stats around co-morbidities reassuring.

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