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- Title
Retention or deletion of personality disorder diagnoses for DSM-5: an expert consensus approach.
- Authors
Mullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N; Bernstein, David P; Widiger, Thomas A
- Abstract
One of the official proposals for the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) diagnostic manual (DSM-5) is to delete half of the existing personality disorders (i.e., dependent, histrionic, narcissistic, paranoid, and schizoid). Within the APA guidelines for DSM-5 decisions, it is stated that there should be expert consensus agreement for the deletion of a diagnostic category. Additionally, categories to be deleted should have low clinical utility and/or minimal evidence for validity. The current study surveyed members of two personality disorder associations (n = 146) with respect to the utility, validity, and status of each DSM-IV-TR personality disorder diagnosis. Findings indicated that the proposal to delete five of the personality disorders lacks consensus support within the personality disorder community.
- Publication
Journal of personality disorders, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 5, p689
- ISSN
1943-2763
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.689