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Epistemological Tension In The Future Of Personality Disorder Diagnosis, Jonathan Adler
Epistemological Tension In The Future Of Personality Disorder Diagnosis, Jonathan Adler
Jonathan M. Adler
To the Editor: In August 2011, the DSM-5 Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group posted an update presenting a hybrid dimensional-categorical model that attempts to embrace cutting-edge personality science while increasing clinical applicability and utility. These two aims pull in somewhat different directions, with personality science roughly represented by the dimensional component of the proposed model and clinical application and utility roughly represented by the categorical side. Pending field testing, this hybrid model may represent the future of personality disorder diagnosis. If so, it will not only transform DSM, but it will also reveal a deep epistemological tension in the …