title: Moral nature of the DSM-IV Cluster B personality disorders.
abstract: Moral considerations do not appear to play a large role in discussions of the DSM-IV personality disorders and debates about their empirical validity. Yet philosophical analysis reveals that the Cluster B personality disorders, in particular, may in fact be moral rather than clinical conditions. This finding has serious consequences for how they should be treated and by whom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy & Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. charland@uwo.ca
authors.forename: Louis C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Charland
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D028661:Complicity; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D015588:Observer Variation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D009626:Terminology as Topic