Thomas A. Widiger|Erik Simonsen|Robert F. Krueger|W. John Livesley|Roel Verheul
Personality Disorder Research Agenda for the DSM–V
american psychiatric association sponsoring series international conferences set research agenda development next edition diagnostic manual first conference series dimensional models personality disorder etiology pathology phenomenology treatment devoted reviewing existing research setting future research agenda would effective leading field toward dimensional classification personality disorder purpose article authored steering committee conference provide summary conference papers recommendations research covered herein reviews recommendations concerning alternative dimensional models personality disorder behavioral genetics gene mapping neurobiological mechanisms childhood antecedents crosscultural issues axes ii continuity coverage cutoff points diagnosis clinical utility