Personality is the front door to our interactions with society, other individuals, and ourselves. But what happens when those thoughts, feelings, and behaviors become maladaptive and negatively affect those interactions? That is what is defined as a personality disorder, perhaps the hardest to treat and most difficult to understand of all the mental illnesses. We will examine the ten personality disorders, as listed in the DSM-V, including the history, recognition, response, and treatment of these often-disabling disorders.

Moderator: T. Victor Lloyd, MTh, MAPC, is a caseworker and Law Enforcement Training Specialist. He has 30 years’ experience as a mental health professional and 20+ years’ experience providing education and training on mental illness and crisis intervention to law enforcement and other professionals both locally and throughout the US.