Axis II Personality Disorders: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues

Thomas A. Widiger and Allen FrancesAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 36, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.619

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The placement of personality disorders on a separate axis in DSM-III reflects increased interest in their diagnosis and treatment and encourages clinicians to consider the effects of personality style on axis I clinical syndromes. In this review of axis II personality disorders, the authors discuss methodological issues rekited to the diagnosis of all personality disorders, review the use of various treatment modalities, and present current issues and controversies related to specific personality disorders. They urge that any revision of DSM-III incorporate more reliable and clinically meaningful criteria, perhaps substituting a multidimensional classification system for the current categorical model.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 36 • Number 6 • June 1985

Pages: 619 - 627

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Published in print: June 1985

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Thomas A. Widiger

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Allen Frances

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The University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology, 115 Kastle Hall, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506

Cornell University Medical College in New York City, The Outpatient Department at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic of New York Hospital

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Axis II Personality Disorders: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues

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