title: The modern assessment of personality disorders. Part 1: definition and typology of personality disorders.
abstract: The general definition of personality disorders (PD) has found agreement in many classification systems and has remained relatively stable over many decades. However, a closer look at the history of the classification of various PD reveals that there are changes from generation to generation: a continuous variation in our cultural norms means that some types are 'renormalised' from time to time and that others are added. On the other hand, a comparison of the descriptions and classifications of PD by Schneider, the DSM and ICD systems shows substantial agreement on many types of PD.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Institute, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mombour
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bronisch
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D009626:Terminology as Topic