After reading over the ten personality disorders presented in chapter nine I decided which personality I would prefer to work with and which one I would most likely decline. Both of the disorders that I chose lie within the personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior. I found it very interesting to see how these disorders characterized under the same classification are so similar yet hold different attributes that set them far enough apart from one another that would lead me to favor one diagnosis and not want to take a patient with a particular diagnosis into consideration.
The disorder that I would most likely decline working with would be borderline personality disorder. Although, through the readings there were many disorders that I disfavored this one stuck out the most. All of the characteristics of borderline personality disorder did not strike me at first as something that I definitely would not want to work with. Actually, it was quite......

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