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Plate tectonics in the classification of personality disorder: shifting to a dimensional model.
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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.Abstract:
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.read more
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Borderline personality disorder in adolescents: evidence in support of the Childhood Interview for DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder in a sample of adolescent inpatients.
TL;DR: Examination of the psychometric properties of the Childhood Interview for DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder in an inpatient sample of adolescents provided strong evidence for the validity of the CI-BPD for use in adolescents.
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Personality-informed interventions for healthy aging: conclusions from a National Institute on Aging work group.
TL;DR: 2 frameworks in which personality dimensions relevant to health, such as Conscientiousness, can be used to inform interventions designed to promote health aging and a bottom-up model of change in which interventions to change basic personality processes eventuate in changes at the trait level are described.
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How should we revise diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders in the DSM-V?
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Research Review: What do we know about psychopathic traits in children?
TL;DR: While the construct of child psychopathy appears to be valid, future work should broaden its focus from callous unemotional traits to all three dimensions of the construct, enhance measurement precision, and examine dimension interactions.
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