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Geology 102: More Thoughts on a Shift to a Dimensional Model of Personality Disorders
Article first published online: 23 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00074.x
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Trull, T. J. and Widiger, T. A. (2008), Geology 102: More Thoughts on a Shift to a Dimensional Model of Personality Disorders. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2: 949–967. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00074.x
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- Issue published online: 23 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 23 JAN 2008
- Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2/2 (2008): 949–967, 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2007.00074.x
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Abstract
The classification of personality disorders is at a critical stage. The categorical model presented in the official diagnostic manual of mental disorders has serious limitations, and it is time for a shift to a dimensional model of personality disorder. Although the evidence in favor of switching to a dimensional model of personality disorder is compelling, the fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry have been reluctant to make the shift. We think some of this reluctance is due to a misunderstanding of the current state of dimensional models of personality and personality disorders. We address three major myths about dimensional models and provide responses to each.