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Why are personality disorders only diagnosed in adults?

April 26, 2017adults diagnosed disorders personality

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Why are personality disorders only diagnosed in adults?

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Answer I am not 100% on this topic but the only reason I recall from the text is because personality disorders are rigid traits that are characteristic of a person, and since childhood and adolescence are what defines who a person is or who a person becomes psychologists are hesitant to diagnose a child or teenager as having a PD because their personality has not yet fully formed or developed. Ironically, most adolescents DO have a form of Personality Disorder, they just outgrow it.