Study supports alternative model for personality disorders in upcoming DSM-5

Chris Engel 5/10/136:26 PM

"Experts working on the long-awaited DSM-5—to be published later this month—recommended substantial revisions to the section on personality disorders. Specifically, they proposed a "hybrid categorical-dimensional model" including not only "core impairments in personality functioning" but also various combinations of "pathological personality traits" associated with these conditions. Goals of the proposal included:

Reducing overlap among personality disorder diagnoses
Reducing heterogeneity among patients receiving the same diagnosis
Eliminating arbitrary diagnostic thresholds with little or no research basis
Addressing the widespread use of the vague "personality disorder not otherwise specified" diagnosis
Providing diagnostic thresholds that are related to level of impairment in a meaningful way..."

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-alternative-personality-disorders-upcoming-dsm-.html

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