A perspective on the current issues in the DSM-5 classification of personality disorders

• Published in: Dialogues in clinical neuroscience Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 131 - 132
• Main Author: Guelfi, Julien D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Taylor & Francis 01.06.2013; Les Laboratoires Servier
• Subjects: categorical model; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; dimensional model; DSM-5; Humans; hybrid model; Models, Psychological; personality disorder; Personality Disorders - classification; Personality Disorders - diagnosis; personality functioning; prototype matching approach; personality functioning; hybrid model; DSM-5; personality disorder; categorical model; dimensional model; prototype matching approach
• ISSN: 1958-5969; 1294-8322; 1958-5969
• DOI: 10.31887/DCNS.2013.15.2/jguelfi

David Kupfer chaired the DSM-5 Task Force, and Andrew Skodol the working group, on personality disorders. Various initial propositions were posted on the Internet in 2010 for comment and discussion: new general definition, new criteria, new diagnostic procedures, reduction in the number of categories, and dimensional representation. Following numerous criticisms, the Task Force's final decisions were made public on December 1, 2012. Personality disorders now figure alongside other mental disorders, because of the deletion of Axis II. The methodology concerning personality traits is in a third section to promote new studies. The new proposed hybrid system has not, to date, proven better than the categories of the DSM-IV. These various decisions are commented upon.