PRESENTER:

John C. Simoneaux, Ph.D.

OBJECTIVES:

Describe longitudinal studies that have been completed on the diagnosis and course of personality disorders

List and explain proposed, but not yet implemented, changes in how personality pathology is diagnosed

Explain the importance of stability as a criterion for personality disorder diagnosis

Describe the hybrid dimensional-categorical model for personality disorder and personality disorder assessment and diagnosis formulation in DSM-5

List the diagnostic criteria for specific personality disorders

AGENDA:

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  –  Registration

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Do personality disorders last a lifetime, or have we been wrong for decades?

Empirical research on personality disorders as historically diagnosed

Overview of a possible re-conceptualization of character pathology

Proposed changes in how personality disorders might be diagnosed

Hybrid dimensional-categorical model for personality disorder assessment and diagnosis – when will it ever arrive?

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Break

10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

The stability of personality disorders – relevance

Personality disorders in DSV-5-TR

Diagnostic criteria for each of the personality disorders

What we know, what we still don’t know, where are we going.

12:45 p.m. – Adjournment

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