The Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) is a dimensional, empirically based
diagnostic system developed to overcome the serious limitations of traditional categories …

Highlights•Inclusion of personality traits in DSM-5 important step forward.•Traits overlap with
those found in popular general personality models.•Traits capture substantial variance in …

This chapter draws upon the empirical literature to delineate the distinguishing
characteristics of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder …

Despite its demonstrated empirical superiority over the DSM‐5 Section 2 categorical model
of personality disorders for organizing the features of personality pathology, limitations …

Abstract Objective The DSM‐5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders distinguishes core
personality dysfunction common to all personality pathology from maladaptive traits that …

Articulating an accurate and clinically useful structure of psychopathology is a crucial and
difficult task. Dimensions identified through cross-sectional factor analyses are increasingly …

BackgroundModern personality disorder (PD) theory and research attempt to distinguish
transdiagnostic impairments common to all PDs from constructs that explain varied PD …

Abstract The DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) includes two main
criteria: moderate or greater impairment in personality functioning (Criterion A) and the …

The alternative model for personality disorders includes a single dimension of personality
dysfunction severity (Criterion A) and five dimensions of personality dysfunction styles …

ABSTRACT The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.[DSM–5];
American Psychiatric Association,) Section III Alternative Model for Personality Disorders …