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Retention or deletion of personality disorder diagnoses for DSM-5: an expert consensus approach.

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One of the official proposals for the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) diagnostic manual (DSM-5) is to delete half of the existing personality disorders (i.e., dependent, histrionic, narcissistic, paranoid, and schizoid). Within the APA guidelines for DSM-5 decisions, it is stated that there should be expert consensus agreement for the deletion of a diagnostic category. Additionally, categories to be deleted should have low clinical utility and/or minimal evidence for validity. The current study surveyed members of two personality disorder associations (n = 146) with respect to the utility, validity, and status of each DSM-IV-TR personality disorder diagnosis. Findings indicated that the proposal to delete five of the personality disorders lacks consensus support within the personality disorder community.

Year of Publication
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2012
Journal
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Journal of personality disorders
Volume
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26
Issue
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5
Number of Pages
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689-703
ISSN Number
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0885-579X
URL
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https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.689
DOI
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10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.689
Short Title
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J Pers Disord
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