Determining essential dimensions for the clinical approximation of personality disorder severity: multi-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decades of research on the dimensional nature of personality disorder have led to the replacement of categorical personality disorder diagnoses by a dimensional assessment of personality disorder severity (PDS) in ICD-11, which essentially corresponds to personality functioning in the alternative DSM-5 model for personality disorders. Besides advancing the focus in the diagnosis of PD on impairments in self- and interpersonal functioning, this shift also urges clinicians and researchers worldwide to get familiar with new diagnostic approaches.

Aims

This study investigated which PDS dimensions among different assessment methods and conceptualisations have the most predictive value for overall PDS.

Method

Using semi-structured interviews and self-reports of p

SUBMITTER: Kerber A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722010 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature