Psychometric assessment of DSM-III personality disorders: another facet of the problem.
An empirical study with the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire, which in substance follows exactly the criteria of personality disorders described in the DSM-III, is used to highlight a number of problems connected with the DSM-III. Criticisms of the DSM-III previously expressed by other authors, e.g. concerning multiple choice between characteristics and equal weighting of different symptoms, are supported by this empirical study.
Titscher
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Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Wien, Osterreich.
Opgenoorth
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Ruhs
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Schuster
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D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics