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An experiential‐descriptive method for the diagnosis of personality disorders
Author(s) -
Hunter Edward E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199808)54:5<673::aid-jclp13>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , personality disorders , personality , clinical psychology , experiential learning , simple (philosophy) , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics education
The assessment of personality disorders is complicated by conceptual and empirical problems. An aspect of the disarray in this area is the general negative connotations associated with these conditions, which is prevalent in the negative language frequently used to describe these disorders. This article presents a simple, straightforward, and objective approach to evaluating and describing the Axis II conditions as an example of how to improve on this problem. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 54: 673–678, 1998.