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Review
. 2006 Apr;20(2):116-25; discussion 181-5.
doi: 10.1521/pedi.2006.20.2.116.

Moral nature of the DSM-IV Cluster B personality disorders

Louis C Charland  1
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Review

Moral nature of the DSM-IV Cluster B personality disorders

Louis C Charland. J Pers Disord. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

Moral considerations do not appear to play a large role in discussions of the DSM-IV personality disorders and debates about their empirical validity. Yet philosophical analysis reveals that the Cluster B personality disorders, in particular, may in fact be moral rather than clinical conditions. This finding has serious consequences for how they should be treated and by whom.

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