PMID- 10402698
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990803
LR  - 20190831
IS  - 0005-7967 (Print)
IS  - 0005-7967 (Linking)
VI  - 37 Suppl 1
DP  - 1999 Jul
TI  - Do personality disorders exist? On the validity of the concept and its 
      cognitive-behavioral formulation and treatment.
PG  - S97-134
AB  - Since the introduction of personality disorders as important diagnostic 
      categories in the DSM-III [APA (1980). Diagnostic and statistical manual of 
      mental disorders (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association] the 
      concept of personality disorder (PD) has met both skepticism and enthusiasm. This 
      paper addresses criticisms, reviews theoretical and empirical evidence for the 
      concept of personality disorders (PD), critically discusses widespread clinical 
      ideas about PDs, and reviews cognitive-behavioral models and treatments of PDs. 
      It is concluded that there is enough evidence for the usefulness of PDs as 
      diagnostic categories. A confirmatory factor analysis for instance yielded very 
      reasonable evidence for the categories hypothesized by the DSM. Contradicting 
      widespread ideas, research indicates that PDs are not a contraindication for 
      cognitive-behavioral treatments of axis-I problems, and that there are even 
      indications that PD pathology itself can be successfully treated using modified 
      CBT methods. In stark contrast to the generally rich empirical history of CBT, 
      research on cognitive models and treatment of PDs is virtually absent. However, 
      the sparse attempts indicate that cognitive models may be fruitful in this area. 
      Future research should be directed at further developing and testing cognitive 
      conceptualizations and treatment models.
FAU - Arntz, A
AU  - Arntz A
AD  - Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, University of 
      Maastricht, Netherlands. arnoud.arntz@mp.unimaas.nl
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Behav Res Ther
JT  - Behaviour research and therapy
JID - 0372477
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Behavior Therapy
MH  - Child
MH  - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/*methods/trends
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Models, Psychological
MH  - Personality Disorders/*diagnosis/*therapy
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*standards
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
RF  - 109
EDAT- 1999/07/14 00:00
MHDA- 1999/07/14 00:01
CRDT- 1999/07/14 00:00
PHST- 1999/07/14 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/07/14 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/07/14 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0005-7967(99)00052-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0005-7967(99)00052-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Res Ther. 1999 Jul;37 Suppl 1:S97-134. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(99)00052-2.