Personality disorder in psychiatric practice.
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: This short article marks the inauguration of a new section, Personality Disorders, in the WPA. Everyone involved in psychiatry will be aware of this subject, which for many years was on the fringes and which some felt should be excluded altogether. In the past twenty years its importance has been recognised at all levels of psychiatric practice and improved understanding has helped to define many areas that formerly were uncertain and confused.
Personality disorder is manifest at all levels of the clinical practice of psychiatry. When discussing the aetiology, diagnosis, assessment, management and outcome of any psychiatric disorder, the influence of personality status needs to be considered. This is because a sufferer from mental disorder, whatever its nature, also has a personality, and the influence of this may be critical to understanding and treatment. However, the subject remains a young one and there are still many arguments and uncertainties that are currently being examined using several different approaches. It is useful to examine each of the areas of psychiatric practice to see what advances have been made in the last twenty years and also describe the areas of debate at the forefront of current thinking.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Peter Tyrer, Erik Simonsen
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2311172371