Personality Disorders in Dsm-5

Posted: 9 Aug 2012

Date Written: April 2012

Abstract

A substantive revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) last occurred in 1994; therefore, the mental health field should anticipate significant changes to the classification of mental disorders in the fifth edition. Since DSM-5 Work Groups have recently proposed revisions for the major diagnostic classes of mental disorders, an article on the current status of the personality disorders (PDs) is timely. This article reviews scientific principles that have influenced the development of proposed changes for the assessment and diagnosis of personality psychopathology in DSM-5, presents the proposed model as of the summer of 2011, summarizes rationales for the changes, and discusses critiques of the model. Scientific principles were articulated for DSM-5 more than a decade ago; their application to the process has not been straightforward, however. Work Group members have labored to improve the DSM-5 approach to personality and PDs to make the classification more valid and more clinically useful. The current model continues to be a work in progress.

Suggested Citation

Skodol, Andrew E., Personality Disorders in Dsm-5 (April 2012). Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 8, pp. 317-344, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2126975 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032511-143131

Andrew E. Skodol (Contact Author)

University of Arizona ( email )

Department of History
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States

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