DIAGNOSES AND DISORDERS

This paper provides a commentary on the review by Lilienfeld, Waldman, and Israel in this issue concerning the use of the term and concept o f comorbidity in the personality disorder literature. We suggest that there are three aspects to their review. One is a presentation of the problem of the fallible relationship between diagnoses and the disorde rs they purportedly assess. The second is the awareness of this proble m within the personality disorder literature. The third is their recom mendation for how to address the apparent misuse of the term within th e literature. We agree with their discussion regarding the first point , but not with their characterization of the literature nor with their proposal to desist from using the term.