The vestibular system has traditionally been thought of as a balance apparatus; however,
accumulating research suggests an association between vestibular function and psychiatric …

The major debates in the personality disorder (PD) field center on the structure of personality
pathology. Factor analysis is designed to elucidate the underlying structure of observed …

Behavioral and cognitive dysfunction, particularly social and communication impairments,
are shared between autism and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, while evidence for a …

Thoroughly and accurately assessing and diagnosing personality disorders (PDs) can be a
demanding enterprise. Patients with severe PDs often lead chaotic lives and have a …

We examined the factor structure of borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms by
using a multimethod, multisample approach. The factorial structure of BPD has previously …

OCPD is yet to be conceptualized consistently and in the manner that would make a clear
and well supported distinction between its core and peripheral features. Future studies need …

The use of knowledgeable informants is a particularly valuable tool for the diagnosis and
assessment of personality disorder (PD). This review details the use of one particular type of …

Mental and physical illnesses have been treated as categorical entities, with few exceptions,
since the very beginning of medicine. This viewpoint logically leads to identifying those …

The use of personality disorder (PD) categories persists, despite the evidence against them.
An often overlooked reason for this is the fact that the true structure underlying the …

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a family of related statistical techniques that lend
themselves to understanding the complex relationships among variables that differ among …