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Book SynopsisThis collection of papers renews long-standing proposals for incorporating a dimensional model of personality disorder within the next DSM. It describes alternative models, addresses questions regarding their clinical application and utility, and suggests that future research seek to integrate such models.
Trade ReviewI enthusiastically recommend [Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders] to all people with an interest in the intersection of personality and disorder, be they clinicians, researchers, or students.
* PsycCRITIQUES *
Clinicians with a serious interest in problems of psychiatric diagnosis in general, or in regard to personality disorders in particular, will find this volume illuminating.
* The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *
This is a fascinating collection of presentations on personality disorders and alternative models for them. It does take a little time initially to understand the concept of a factor rating system and not a categorical model such as in DSM IV, and there are a lot of abbreviations for the myriad of personality tests and scoring systems. However, after getting my bearings, the discussions really expanded my understanding of the ongoing research on personality disorders both in terms of DSM V and the attempt to define them more clearly. I enjoyed the point-counterpoint method of the papers. Overall, an excellent choice for seeing where personality disorder work is and where it will be heading for the future.
-- Brett C. Plyler, M.D. * Doody Review *
Table of ContentsContributors
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Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Alternative dimensional models of personality disorder: finding a common ground
Chapter 2. Commentary on Widiger and Simonsen: toward a consensus personality trait structure
Chapter 3. Commentary on Widiger and Simonsen: working out a dimensional framework
Chapter 4. Commentary on Widiger and Simonsen: from ICD-10 and DSM-IV to ICD-11 and DSM-V
Chapter 5. Behavioral and molecular genetic contributions to a dimensional classification of personality disorder
Chapter 6. Commentary on Livesley: genetic contributions to a dimensional classification: problems and pitfalls
Chapter 7. Neurobiological dimensional models of personality: a review of three models
Chapter 8. Commentary on Paris: personality as a dynamic psychobiological system
Chapter 9. Commentary on Paris: the problem of severity in personality disorder classification
Chapter 10. Temperament and personality as broad-spectrum antecedents of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence
Chapter 11. Commentary on Mervielde et al.: toward a developmental perspective on personality disorders
Chapter 12. Personality dimensions across cultures
Chapter 13. Commentary on Allik: the lexical approach to the study of personality structure
Chapter 14. Commentary on Allik: a historical perspective on personality disorder
Chapter 15. Commentary on Allik: cross-cultural diagnosis of personality disorder
Chapter 16. Continuity of Axes I and II: toward a unified model of personality, personality disorders, and clinical disorders
Chapter 17. Commentary on Krueger: what to do with the old distinctions
Chapter 18. Commentary on Krueger: traits versus types in the classification of personality pathology
Chapter 19. Dimensional models: coverage and cutoffs
Chapter 20. Commentary on Trull: drizzling on the 5 3 factor parade
Chapter 21. Commentary on Trull: just do it: replace Axis II with a diagnostic system based on the Five-Factor Model of Personality
Chapter 22. Commentary on Trull: reservations and hopes
Chapter 23. Clinical utility of dimensional models for personality pathology
Chapter 24. Commentary on Verheul: focusing on the clinician's need for a better model
Chapter 25. Commentary on Verheul: clinical utility of dimensional models for personality pathology
Chapter 26. Personality disorder research agenda for DSM-V
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