Which personality traits are unhealthy and which ones are healthy according to modern psychiatry?
[PRESS INVITATION 04/22/2015] What is normal, what is unhealthy, and what should be treated when it comes to a person's personality? And what is, in fact, a personality disorder? These are questions that will be discussed in Stockholm at a lecture given by the renowned researcher Andrew E. Skodol, professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona, USA.
Journalists are welcome to attend the lecture “Personality disorders in DSM-5”, which is part of the series Stockholm Psychiatry Lectures, on 28 April between 15:00–16:30 at Karolinska Institutet Campus Solna, Sweden.
Knowledge regarding psychological illness and psychological ill-health is constantly developing. New research makes it possible to make more reliable diagnoses, as it becomes clearer what criteria need to be met. Therefore, the limits between healthy and unhealthy behaviour is continuously being re-examined in psychiatry. This is made apparent when new diagnoses and diagnosis criteria are presented, and when older diagnoses and diagnosis criteria disappear.
In Sweden, two parallel diagnostic systems are used within the field of mental health. One of them is ICD, which has been developed and is updated by the WHO. The other one is DMS, which the American Psychiatric Association is responsible for. The latest update, DSM-5, was published in 2013 and differs in several ways from the previous version. DSM-5 is now being introduced in Swedish healthcare and Swedish research.
Among the most debated diagnoses in the previous version of DSM were, for example, narcissism and borderline, which both centre around problems with self-perception and relationships with others. DSM-5 presents a new understanding of personality disorder, which entails a new categorisation of diagnoses within the field.
Andrew E. Skodol, professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona, led the team of experts that developed the new way of diagnosing personality disorders in DSM-5. He is now coming to Stockholm and will give a lecture on this new form of diagnostics. His lecture will explain the new approach regarding these types of mental illnesses that will be applied in Swedish healthcare and research from now on. This new understanding will affect what is considered healthy and unhealthy within the field, and will also affect how patients are treated.
We welcome you to take part in this exciting lecture!
If you have any questions, please contact:
Sophie Steijer, senior consultant, registered psychotherapist and researcher at the Psychiatry South West Stockholm County Council.
Telephone: +46 (0)8-123 481 86 or +46 (0)70-516 53 50
E-mail: sophie.steijer@sll.se
Christian Rück, senior consultant at Psychiatry South West and associate professor at the Department of Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet.
Tel: +46 (0) 70-484 33 92
E-mail: christian.ruck@ki.se
Sabina Bossi, press officer
Tel:
+46 (0)8-524 860 66 or +46 (0)70-614 60 66
E-mail: sabina.bossi@ki.se
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Its vision is to significantly contribute to the improvement of human health. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
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