Progress in developing a classification of personality disorders for ICD‐11

In appointing a Working Group charged with developing recommendations in the area of personality disorders (PDs) for the ICD-11, the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse highlighted several problems with the classification of PDs in the ICD-10. First, PDs appeared to be substantially underdiagnosed relative to their prevalence among individuals with other mental disorders. Second, of the ten specific...