Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders Refining the Research Agenda for Dsm-v

Drawn from a planning conference for DSM-V, Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders opens with a presentation of 18 proposals for dimensional approaches and proceeds with provocative contributions on a number of related issues ranging from hard science to clinical practice. The topics covered include molecular genetic research, neurobiological dimensional models of personality, and broad-spectrum developmental antecedents of adult personality disorders. In considering such a major revision to the DSM, the volume addresses not only the separation of clinical and personality disorders across Axes I and II but also the challenges of coverage and cutoffs that must be addressed if dimensional models are to be considered as viable alternatives to categorical diagnosis.Widiger, Thomas A. is the author of 'Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders Refining the Research Agenda for Dsm-v', published 2006 under ISBN 9780890422960 and ISBN 0890422966.