Can clinicians recognize DSM-IV personality disorders from five-factor model descriptions of patient cases?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article examined, using theories from cognitive science, the clinical utility of the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of Personality, an assessment and classification system under consideration for integration into the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders. Specifically, the authors sought to test whether FFM descriptors are specific enough to allow practicing clinicians to capture core features of personality disorders.

Method

In two studies, a large nationwide sample of clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers (N=187 and N=191) were presented case profiles based on symptom formats from either the DSM-IV and/or FFM. Ratings for six aspects of clinical utility for DSM-IV and FFM profiles w

SUBMITTER: Rottman BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2834175 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature