PMID- 18072864 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080226 LR - 20090128 IS - 0885-579X (Print) IS - 0885-579X (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 6 DP - 2007 Dec TI - Evaluation of the SCID-II personality disorder traits for DSM-IV: coherence, discrimination, relations with general personality traits, and functional impairment. PG - 626-37 AB - The utility of the DSM personality disorder (PD) system remains a concern. The strategy employed represents one approach designed to evaluate and improve the diagnostic efficiency of the SCID-II PDs. Using a sample of 203 patients, SCID-II PD items-based on the criterion sets of the 10 DSM-IV PDs-were evaluated with respect to (a) convergent validity; (b) divergent validity; (c) relation to general personality traits; and (d) association with functional impairment. Only Borderline PD items were satisfactory on all four evaluation criteria. Histrionic and Obsessive-Compulsive PD items met criteria for convergent and divergent validity and relation to personality dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of Personality (FFM) but were not related to functional impairment, suggesting they might be reconsidered as disorders. Schizotypal PD items met three of the four criteria but showed no relation to FFM dimensions, suggesting that it may be a candidate for reassignment to Axis I. FAU - Ryder, Andrew G AU - Ryder AG AD - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Costa, Paul T AU - Costa PT FAU - Bagby, R Michael AU - Bagby RM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Pers Disord JT - Journal of personality disorders JID - 8710838 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Affect MH - Comorbidity MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Models, Psychological MH - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/epidemiology MH - Outpatients/statistics & numerical data MH - Personality Assessment/*statistics & numerical data MH - Personality Disorders/*classification/diagnosis/*epidemiology MH - Psychometrics MH - Regression Analysis MH - Schizophrenia/epidemiology MH - *Severity of Illness Index EDAT- 2007/12/13 09:00 MHDA- 2008/02/27 09:00 CRDT- 2007/12/13 09:00 PHST- 2007/12/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/02/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/12/13 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.6.626 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pers Disord. 2007 Dec;21(6):626-37. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2007.21.6.626.