Plate tectonics in the classification of personality disorder: shifting to a dimensional model

The diagnostic categories of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were developed in the spirit of a traditional medical model that considers mental disorders to be qualitatively distinct conditions (see, e.g., American Psychiatric Associat...

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Published in:The American psychologist Vol. 62; no. 2; p. 71
Main Authors: Widiger, Thomas A, Trull, Timothy J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.02.2007
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
Models, Psychological
Personality Disorders - classification
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Psychiatry - methods
Psychology - methods
Societies, Scientific
Terminology as Topic
ISSN:0003-066X
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Summary:The diagnostic categories of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were developed in the spirit of a traditional medical model that considers mental disorders to be qualitatively distinct conditions (see, e.g., American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Work is now beginning on the fifth edition of this influential diagnostic manual. It is perhaps time to consider a fundamental shift in how psychopathology is conceptualized and diagnosed. More specifically, it may be time to consider a shift to a dimensional classification of personality disorder that would help address the failures of the existing diagnostic categories as well as contribute to an integration of the psychiatric diagnostic manual with psychology's research on general personality structure.
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ISSN:0003-066X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066x.62.2.71