Personality disorders and the DSM-5: Scientific and extra-scientific factors in the maintenance of the status quo

Conclusion: Substantial evidence has accrued over the past decades in support of a dimensional model of personality disorders. The events surrounding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group show the difficulties in reconciling two different worldviews with a hybrid model. They also indicate the future of a psychiatric nosology that will be increasingly concerned with dimensional classification of mental illness. As such, the road is paved for more substantial changes to personality disorder classification in the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, in 2017.
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Key Review Source Type: research