Saturday, July 9, 2011

Personality disorders category is likely to be dramatically revised for next psychiatry DSM-5

From The LA Times:Several types of personality disorders will be dropped from the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. But one disorder previously proposed for elimination -- narcissistic personality disorder -- will likely remain in the text.The American Psychiatric Assn. announced Thursday that the framework for personality disorders in DSM-5 will be a "