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Other personality disorders
Abstract
Personality disorders are psychiatric conditions described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.) (DSM-IV-TR) (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and the International Classification of Diseases (10th rev.) (ICD-10) Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (World Health Organization, 1992). The development of these two classification systems has been coordinated to promote congruence and so these criteria are highly similar (Widiger, 2001). Primacy will be given to DSM-IV definitions in this chapter. Personality disorders are usually diagnosed only in adults, since traits evident in childhood may not persist into adult life, although diagnosis of a person under age 18 years is possible if features have been present for at least 1 year. The definition of a personality disorder, provided by DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), is "an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment" (p. 685). The key features of personality disorder are that the person's behavior and experiences are persistent, pervasive, and problematic. Personality disorders are defined on Axis II of the DSM-IVio ensure that they are not overlooked through the focus of attention being on Axis I disorders. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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2012
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Book chapter
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Personality disorders, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
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McMurran, M. (2012). Other personality disorders. In: Sturmey, P. & Hersen, M. (eds.) Handbook of evidence-based practice in clinical psychology, Vol 2: Adult disorders. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 531-547.