"The authors and editors are leading international authorities in psychiatry, psychology, and pesonality assessment...a formal and detailed manual for the use and administration of the IPDE." Kelly E. Arduino, Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

• Contributors; Preface Armand W. Loranger, Aleksandar Janca and Norman Sartorius; Acknowledgements; Part I. Background and Field Trial; Section 1. Background: 1. Problems in the field of personality disorder Alv A. Dahl and Antonio Andreoli; 2. Review of diagnostic instruments for the assessment of personality disorders Armand W. Loranger; 3. Epidemiology of DSM-III personality disorders in the community and in clinical populations James H. Reich and Giovanni de Girolamo; 4. International personality disorder examination (IPDE) Armand W. Loranger; 5. Experiences with the IPDE Alv A. Dahl and Antonio Andreoli; Section 2. Field Trial: 6. Sampling, interviewers, interview procedures Werner Mombour; 7. Description of centres participating in the IPDE field trial Aleksandar Janca and Charles Pull; 8. Results Armand W. Loranger; 9. Discussion and conclusions Armand W. Loranger; Appendix; Part II. International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) ICD-10 module; Index.

"The authors and editors are leading international authorities in psychiatry, psychology, and pesonality assessment...a formal and detailed manual for the use and administration of the IPDE." Kelly E. Arduino, Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

• Contributors; Preface Armand W. Loranger, Aleksandar Janca and Norman Sartorius; Acknowledgements; Part I. Background and Field Trial; Section 1. Background: 1. Problems in the field of personality disorder Alv A. Dahl and Antonio Andreoli; 2. Review of diagnostic instruments for the assessment of personality disorders Armand W. Loranger; 3. Epidemiology of DSM-III personality disorders in the community and in clinical populations James H. Reich and Giovanni de Girolamo; 4. International personality disorder examination (IPDE) Armand W. Loranger; 5. Experiences with the IPDE Alv A. Dahl and Antonio Andreoli; Section 2. Field Trial: 6. Sampling, interviewers, interview procedures Werner Mombour; 7. Description of centres participating in the IPDE field trial Aleksandar Janca and Charles Pull; 8. Results Armand W. Loranger; 9. Discussion and conclusions Armand W. Loranger; Appendix; Part II. International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) ICD-10 module; Index.