Abstract

RODRIGUEZ ROSADO, Ana; FONTALBA NAVAS, Andrés  and  PENA ANDREU, José Miguel. Theoretical background in personality disorders: clinical problems and their projection in DSM-5/ICD-11. Salud Ment [online]. 2013, vol.36, n.2, pp.109-113. ISSN 0185-3325.

More research needs to be carried out into the theoretical backgrounds of the various specialities in Medicine, and particularly in Psychiatry. Since new classifications for mental disorders are soon to be introduced, we will briefly examine the history of personality disorders and our interest will be directed to problems we might encounter using the current diagnostic criteria, i. e., DSM-IV/ICD-10.

Keywords : Personality disorders; historical background; diagnostic criteria.