Objective: Diagnosis is a cornerstone of clinical practice for mental health care providers, yet
traditional diagnostic systems have well-known shortcomings, including inadequate …

Individuals often vary in how they display signs and symptoms of personality disturbances
and psychopathology. As such, comprehensive assessments of these signs and symptoms …

The present study assessed the construct validity of the Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale
(MSS). Specifically, it assessed the associations of the MSS positive, negative, and …

Prior research has not yet investigated the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in
adolescents and young adults based on criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual …

Purpose of review The validity of self-ratings of personality pathology often is questioned
because personality disorders (PD) historically have been viewed as being characterized by …

The DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders reviews and advances this
innovative and increasingly popular scheme for diagnosing and evaluating personality …

Objective: Treating clinicians provide the majority of mental health diagnoses, yet little is
known about the validity of their routine diagnoses, including the agreement with clients' self …

Objective: Multiple cognitive risks from different theoretical paradigms (dysfunctional
attitudes, negative inferential style, self-criticism, dependency, brooding) predict depression …

Building on support for the five-factor model (FFM) of personality disorder, the Five Factor
Schizotypal Inventory (FFSI) was developed to assess maladaptive traits relevant to …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characteristics seem to abate over time, but whether this
protracts until late adulthood is largely unknown. We cross-sectionally investigated self-and …