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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