Citation

Lucchelli JP. Inf. Psychiatr. 2007; 83(6): 451-457.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Libbey Eurotext)

DOI

10.1684/ipe.2007.0204

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The chapter on personality disorders is to be revised in the DSM-V. The categorial, nosographic perspective is to be replaced by a dimensional perspective since the categorical classification raises clinical problems due to a high level of comorbidity; it is frequent for instance for a single patient to display aspects of several personality disorders, belonging to different groups (A, B or C). We study three clinical tableaux in which we emphasise the need to refer to the psychopathology examination rather than to behavioural criteria when diagnosing a personality disorder, so as not to run the risk of confusing schizotypical disorders with borderline disorders.

Language: fr

Keywords

human; suicide; psychotherapy; psychosis; Personality disorder; comorbidity; article; personality disorder; clinical feature; medical research; borderline state; diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders