Personality disorder screening
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Priyanka Kumari, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for personality disorder. However, a few instruments are being employed to screen for personality disorders by family physicians particularly for BPD. This includes McLean Screening Instrument for bipolar disorder. Rest are used for suicide-risk assessment and disease severity assessment.
Screening
Most of the instruments that are available for assessing the disease severity and diagnostic purpose. The most commonly used are as follows:
- Suicide risk screening tool
- Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV and axis II PDs
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–II
- Standardized assessment of personality abbreviated scale
- Million clinical multiaxial inventory-III
- International Personality Disorder Examination