
Hanna Pickard on Responsibility and Personality Disorder (originally on Bioethics Bites)
Philosophy Bites
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The Future of Personality Disorder
It's not implausible to think that in the future it will be possible to treat the symptoms of a bad childhood through pharmaceutical or electronic means. We already use medication to treat certain traits that are part of personality disorder so we might treat someone for their impulsivity, depression or for their anxiety. What we need is to help you learn other ways of managing your anger and that's something that you can't get from a bottle they say. You're unusual in that you're not just a philosopher but you're also a therapist.
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