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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.
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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.

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A psychometric review of the Personality Inventory for DSM–5 (PID–5): Current status and future directions.

TL;DR: The psychometric characteristics of the Personality Inventory for the DSM–5 demonstrate adequate psychometric properties, including a replicable factor structure, convergence with existing personality instruments, and expected associations with broadly conceptualized clinical constructs.
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The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

Christopher J. Hopwood, +48 more
TL;DR: Author(s): Hopwood, Christopher J; Kotov, Roman; Krueger, Robert F; Watson, David; Widiger, Thomas A; Widinger,Thomas A; Althoff, Robert R; Ansell, Emily B; Bach, Bo; Michael Bagby, R; Blais, Mark A; Bornovalova, Marina A; Chmielewski, Michael; Cicero, David C; Conway, Christopher; De Clercq, Barbara;
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The interpersonal core of personality pathology.

TL;DR: The authors describe how grounding the proposed DSM-5 Section 3 definition in interpersonal theory, and in particular a focus on the "interpersonal situation," adds to its theoretical texture, empirical support, and clinical utility.
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Clashing Diagnostic Approaches: DSM-ICD Versus RDoC

TL;DR: RDoC appears to be a valuable endeavor that holds out the long-term promise of an alternative system of mental illness classification, and three sets of pressing challenges--conceptual, methodological, and logistical/pragmatic--that must be addressed for RDoC to realize its scientific potential are outlined.
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Reliability and Validity of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5): Predicting DSM-IV Personality Disorders and Psychopathy in Community-Dwelling Italian Adults

TL;DR: The hypothesis that the PID-5 is a reliable instrument which is able to recover DSM- IV PDs, as well as to capture personality pathology that is not included in the DSM-IV (namely, psychopathy) is supported.
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TL;DR: The present interpretation of construct validity is not "official" and deals with some areas where the Committee would probably not be unanimous, but the present writers are solely responsible for this attempt to explain the concept and elaborate its implications.
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