ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2006, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 93-98.

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Research on Comorbidity of Personality Disorders’ Diagnosis in the United States

Xin Zengyou;Zheng Yong;Chen Benyou   

  1. School of Psychology, Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing, 400715, China
  • Received:2005-03-16 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-01-15 Published:2006-01-15
  • Contact: Zheng Yong

Abstract: Personality disorders(PDs) have been argued by researchers and clinicians since the DSM’s first edition in USA. And the comorbidity of PDs’ became one specific focus of their attention, as DSM work group placed PDs on a separate axis in the third edition. The high levels of comorbidity among Axis-II and several explanative models were introduced in this article. Then reviews on what has been proposed to cope with this problem was also discussed systematically. In the end, opinions and suggestions on understanding of comorbidity and some relevant aspects were proposed

Key words: comorbidity, dimensional model, categorical method

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