PSYD33H3 Lecture Notes - Personality Disorder, Lexical Hypothesis
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Dsm2 did not have any specific criteria but vague descriptions. Dsm 3 came out in 1980, dsm3r in 87 and 1994 dsm4. In 1980, the first formal introduction of personality disorders came out when dsm. The dsm 5 still has the same model as dsm 3. There have been no changes in personality disorders. It should have been replaced by the ffm. There are 10 personality disorders that are in 3 clusters. Second cluster, contains the most researched personality disorders: antisocial and borderline. A categorical approach is used to diagnose patients, using a set of diagnostic criteria, and to meet the criteria you must have certain symptoms. Dsm 3 is monothetic: which means you needed every single trait to have a disorder then they changed it to polythetic, in which you need a certain amount of a larger number of traits.
