Proposed changes in personality and personality disorder assessment and diagnosis for DSM-5 part I: Description and rationale

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-22

  Skodol, Andrew E ^a   Clark, Lee Anna ^b   Bender, Donna S ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^c   Morey, Leslie C ^d   Verheul, Roel ^e   Alarcon, Renato D ^f   Bell, Carl C ^g   Siever, Larry J ^h   Oldham, John M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; diagnosis; DSM 5; personality; personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952050171     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021891     Document Type: Article

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