DSM-5 revisions for personality disorders reflect major change
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 13:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The American Psychiatric Associations diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) propose a significant reformulation in how personality disorders are identified and assessed. The change integrates disorder types with pathological personality traits and, most importantly, levels of impairment in what is known as personality functioning.
