Personality Disorders in the 10th and 11th Editions of the International Classification of Diseases

Download or read book Personality Disorders in the 10th and 11th Editions of the International Classification of Diseases written by Elias Abdalla-Filho and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clinical and forensic approach to personality disorders. It references the 10th and 11th editions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10 and ICD-11). It allows the reader to compare categorical (ICD-10) and dimensional (ICD-11) classifications and consider a third—hybrid—classification, as advocated by several scholars. Laying down various diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, this book will appeal to clinical and forensic psychiatrists, psychologists, residents of psychiatry, and students of medicine and psychology.