DSM-5 describes personality disorders in terms of discrete categories. Discuss the limitations of this approach
Answer:
Use of discrete categories leaves no way of describing people with traits who don't meet the criteria for a disorder. Because of common overlap in personality disorders, the final diagnosis (either using one diagnosis or two) doesn't provide an accurate description of individual traits. The dimensional approach is more complete, especially for individuals on the boundary of two disorders. The dimensional approach retains six of the 10 specific types of PD from the categorical system, which retains some continuity with the categorical system while allowing ratings of traits to replace the currently used diagnostic criteria.
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