An Invisible College View of the DSM-5 Personality Disorder Classification
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The DSM-5 Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group released the final proposed changes for the upcoming manual in May 2012. The proposal, located at www.dsm5.org , included a hybrid dimensional/categorical method of diagnosing personality disorders. This brief article examines the reference section of the DSM-5 personality disorder proposal rationale (American Psychiatric Association, 2012). The authors counted the number of authors and the coauthorships; coauthorship patterns were then examined and diagramed. The data suggested that a group of researchers involved with the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS) were central to the hybrid classification created by the DSM-5 work group.
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- Authors
- Blashfield, R. K., & Reynolds, S. M.
- Affiliations
- Auburn University (US)
- ORCID
- Blashfield, Roger K.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality Disorders
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 2012-12
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 821-829
- ISSN
- 0885-579X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2135798587
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 7.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- DSM-5, personality disorders, personality disorder classification, invisible college, psychiatric diagnostic criteria, authorship networks
- MeSH terms
- Authorship, Humans, Personality Disorders, Universities, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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