Personality in PDM-2: Controversial issues.
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The Adult Personality section of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2nd ed. [PDM-2]; Lingiardi & McWilliams, 2017) reflects the best effort of theorists, researchers, and clinicians to capture clinically relevant personality constellations, from healthy personality styles to highly troubled disorders. We specify some foundational assumptions impelling this work, especially as they differ from those underlying categorical, descriptive psychiatric taxonomies such as the DSM and ICD. We describe and give the rationale for changes from PDM-1 to PDM-2, call attention to ongoing controversies and our efforts to resolve or represent them in PDM-2, and note the importance of future research on personality.
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The presence in this sample of other personality features is informed by the current conversation regarding dimensional versus categorical approaches.
“While this study focused on a narcissistic presentation, the presence in this sample of these other personality features (which could alternatively be described as ‘anankastic’, ‘antisocial’ and ‘paranoid’) is informed by the current conversation regarding dimensional versus categorical approaches [62, 63].”
From Living with pathological narcissism: a qualitative study (2020) · cites this paper as [62]
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- Authors
- McWilliams, N., Grenyer, B. F. S., & Shedler, J.
- Venue
- Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Published
- 2018-07
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 299-305
- ISSN
- 0736-9735 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1331
- OpenAlex
- W2884116993
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 3.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychoanalytic Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, adult personality, psychoanalytic psychiatry, personality assessment, psychiatric classification, personality disorders, psychodynamic theory
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