Table 2.
Mentions of social communication (SC) in DSM criteria
| Mental disorder | Criteria | Mental disorder | Criteria | Mental disorder | Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder | A | Paranoid Personality Disorder | 4, 6 | Narcissistic Personality Disorder | 4, 7, 9 |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder | A | Schizoid Personality Disorder | 6,7 | Avoidant Personality Disorder | 4, 5 |
| Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) | A | Schizotypal Personality Disorder | 4, 7 | Dependent Personality Disorder | 1, 3 |
| Reactive Attachment Disorder | B | Antisocial Personality Disorder | 2 | Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder | 8 |
| Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder | A | Borderline Personality Disorder | 1 | Other Specified Personality Disorder | See General Personality Disorder |
| (General Personality Disorder) | A | Histrionic Personality Disorder | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | Unspecified Personality Disorder | See General Personality Disorder |
SUB, sub-criterion
All PD—except “General Personality Disorder”, which is in fact a conceptual category applying to all other PD rather than a full-fledged diagnosis—seem to present sub-criteria of criterion A as principal criteria themselves. As a matter of fact, all the other criteria are about differential diagnosis or they give no substantial information. Therefore, Personality Disorders received a differential treatment, in which numbers of sub-criteria or criterion A substituted the normal attribution through letters. Additionally, it must be noted that since there is a “general definition of personality disorder that applies to each of the 10 specific personality disorders'' [4], p. 645] (i.e., general personality disorder) and since “Other specified personality disorder and unspecified personality disorder (…) meets the general criteria for a personality disorder” [4], p. 645], the attributions made in general personality disorder have extended to all the personality disorder. For example, Borderline Personality Disorder has two counted mentions in Social Communication rather than one, because there is criterion 1, but there is criterion A of General Personality Disorder as well. Of course, General Personality Disorder has been used as a conceptual category but does not count as a disorder per se