PMID- 9730788 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981021 LR - 20180213 IS - 0254-4962 (Print) IS - 0254-4962 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 5 DP - 1998 TI - The modern assessment of personality disorders. Part 1: definition and typology of personality disorders. PG - 274-80 AB - The general definition of personality disorders (PD) has found agreement in many classification systems and has remained relatively stable over many decades. However, a closer look at the history of the classification of various PD reveals that there are changes from generation to generation: a continuous variation in our cultural norms means that some types are 'renormalised' from time to time and that others are added. On the other hand, a comparison of the descriptions and classifications of PD by Schneider, the DSM and ICD systems shows substantial agreement on many types of PD. FAU - Mombour, W AU - Mombour W AD - Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Clinical Institute, Munich, Germany. FAU - Bronisch, T AU - Bronisch T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Switzerland TA - Psychopathology JT - Psychopathology JID - 8401537 SB - IM MH - Cultural Characteristics MH - Humans MH - Personality Disorders/*classification MH - Psychiatry/trends MH - *Terminology as Topic EDAT- 1998/09/08 02:04 MHDA- 2000/08/16 11:00 CRDT- 1998/09/08 02:04 PHST- 1998/09/08 02:04 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/08/16 11:00 [medline] PHST- 1998/09/08 02:04 [entrez] AID - psp31274 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000029051 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychopathology. 1998;31(5):274-80. doi: 10.1159/000029051.