Module introduction

Welcome to this CPD Online module, The diagnosis of personality disorder in clinical practice. We hope that you find it an enjoyable learning experience.
 
 
By the end of this module we hope that you will:
 
  • appreciate the necessity for evaluating personality in day-to-day clinical practice
 
  • be aware of the problems that often make this assessment invalid

 

  • be aware of some issues of low reliability in clinical practice

 

  • be able to diagnose more effectively following this awareness
 
  • be familiar with the methods for minimising these problems
 
  • have gained a broad knowledge of the interview and other techniques used in evaluating personality disorder.

 

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