Abstract
Clinical utility, or the usefulness of a diagnostic system in clinical practice, has been identified as an important construct in proposed revisions to the diagnostic nomenclature and a significant limitation of dimensional models of personality disorder, such as the 5-factor model (FFM). Only 1 study to date has addressed explicitly the clinical utility of the FFM, and the findings suggested significant limitations. In the current study, 245 practicing psychologists described 3 historic cases using both the FFM and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and then rated each model on 6 aspects of clinical utility. In contrast to prior research, the psychologists in this study considered the FFM to have greater clinical utility than the existing diagnostic categories.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 298-308 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Abnormal Psychology |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2006 |
Keywords
- Alternative
- Dimensional
- Personality disorder
- Psychopathology
- Ted Bundy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Biological Psychiatry