Assessing Criterion A in adolescents using the Semistructured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM–5.

Accumulating evidence supports the reliability and validity of the diagnosis of personality disorders (PDs) in adolescents, but whether the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), criteria are optimal to capture and help detect emerging PDs in this age-group remains controversial. The Level of Personality Functioning Scale (LPFS), included in the alternative model for personality disorders, may...