- The ICD-10 International Personality Disorder Examination

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The DSM-5 outlines 3 steps for clinical psychologists to make accurate diagnoses. This new model emphasizes the description of the psychological difficulty and the degree of the associated problems. 

Diagnosing Personality Disorders

The DSM-5 outlines 3 steps to assessing personality disorders:

1. Asses whether the individual's personality is seriously impaired, and if so asses the degree of dysfunction
2. Assess whether or not at least 1 of the 6 types of personality disorders is present
3. Asses the degree that the client is characterized by each of the 5 maladaptive traits

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