A group of diagnostic clinicians can't agree with each other on appropriate personality disorder diagnoses for several clients. In fact, it is obvious that, in many cases, they have inaccurately made their diagnoses. Assuming they are competent clinicians, this situation would indicate the DSM-5 categories for personality disorder are:

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The disagreement among competent clinicians on diagnoses and the inaccuracy of many diagnoses indicate that the DSM-5 categories for personality disorder are neither reliable (since clinicians cannot consistently agree on diagnoses) nor valid (since the diagnoses do not accurately reflect the actual disorders).

A Group of Diagnostic Clinicians Can't Agree with Each Other