Retention or deletion of personality disorder diagnoses for DSM-5: an expert consensus approach.
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| Abstract | :  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 | :  2012 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of personality disorders | 
| Volume | :  26 | 
| Issue | :  5 | 
| Number of Pages | :  689-703 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0885-579X | 
| URL | :  https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.689 | 
| DOI | :  10.1521/pedi.2012.26.5.689 | 
| Short Title | :  J Pers Disord | 
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