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<p>DSM-IV and ICD-10 both diagnose personality disorders categorically, yet studies indicate that many patients meet criteria for an excessive number of diagnoses, raising the question of whether personality disorders are discrete conditions or rather distinctions along dimensions of general personality functioning. This collection of papers renews long-standing proposals for a dimensional model of personality disorder, describing alternative models, addressing questions about their clinical application and utility, and suggesting that future research seek to integrate such models within a common hierarchical structure.</p> <p>With contributions by preeminent researchers in the field, Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders is drawn from a conference series convened by APA, WHO, and NIH in order to plan for the fifth edition of the DSM. The Nomenclature Work Group concluded that consideration should be given to basing part or all of DSM-V on dimensions rather than categories, and recommended that a dimensional model for personality disorders should serve as a basis for exploring dimensional approaches in other areas. Accordingly, the volume opens with a presentation of 18 propo

Author

Thomas A. Widiger; Paul J. Sirovatka; Darrel A. Regier; Erik Simonsen

Publisher

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON D.C

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585626731

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Nursing