Question

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:

Answer 1

Neither reliable nor valid.

Step-by-step explanation:

Reliability: In psychology, the term reliability refers to the stability or constancy of a measuring test or research study. It means that the study should produce the same result even if it is being conducted after a certain period.

Validity: In psychology, the term validity refers to the measure of a test that whether the test produces the result as it claims to produce.

In the question above, the statement demonstrates that the situation would indicate the DSM-5 categories for a personality disorder are neither reliable nor valid because for any disorder to fall under the DSM-5 category it should be reliable as well as valid.