Abstract The American Psychiatric Association is sponsoring a series of international
conferences to set a research agenda for the development of the next edition of the …

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 …

On the cusp of newest edition of the DSM, the field of personality disorders is thriving and
productive. This is certainly a time of major transition for the classification, study, and …

We review major categorical and dimensional models of personality pathology, highlighting
advantages and disadvantages of these approaches. Several analytic and methodological …

In contrast, there is a vast body of empirical literature supporting dimensional models of
personality disorder that are closely aligned with the proposed model 8–11 …

Abstract Theory without data runs the risk of ungrounded philosophizing, but data without
theory lead to confusion and incomprehension. The definition of the personality disorders in …

Personality Disorders: Toward the DSM-V offers a scientifically balanced evaluation of
competing theoretical perspectives and nosological systems for personality disorders …

The DSM-5 represents a watershed in the history of mental disorder classification systems
because it is the first DSM to incorporate an approach to clinical personality description tied …

The DSM-IV model of personality disorders is composed of trait sets arranged into 10
theoretically distinct, polythetically assessed categories, with little regard for how the traits …

Personality disorder researchers have long considered the utility of dimensional approaches
to diagnosis, signaling the need to consider a dimensional approach for personality …