The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 — Brief Form (PID-5-BF) — Adult

The 25-item brief form of the DSM-5 maladaptive personality trait model, scoring five domains: Negative Affect, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition, and Psychoticism. Higher scores indicate greater dysfunction in a domain. For use by clinicians with their patients and by researchers.

Length: 25 items, about 5 minutes
Scoring: 6 scored scales, plus an optional AI interpretation draft
Licence & provenance: © 2013 American Psychiatric Association. Per the APA form, it may be reproduced without permission by researchers and by clinicians for use with their patients; other uses require APA permission — hence the clinician/researcher attestation required here.
Citation: Krueger, R. F., Derringer, J., Markon, K. E., Watson, D., & Skodol, A. E. (2013). The Personality Inventory for DSM-5—Brief Form (PID-5-BF)—Adult. American Psychiatric Association.

Clinician / researcher access

The APA permits this instrument to be used without further permission by researchers and by clinicians with their patients. It is not offered to the general public here. Attestations are recorded; use outside the APA's stated terms is a violation of those terms.

Full nameProfession & licence/registration no. (with jurisdiction)

I attest that I am a licensed health professional using this measure in my clinical practice, or a researcher using it for research purposes, consistent with the American Psychiatric Association's stated terms of use.If I administer this measure to a patient or participant, I confirm I have obtained their consent, and I remain responsible for their data under my own professional and data-protection obligations.I consent to the answers being processed for scoring, as described in the privacy notice, and I understand outputs are educational interpretation drafts — the treating clinician remains solely responsible for interpretation, diagnosis, and all clinical decisions.

Attestation is currently self-declared and recorded with your session; verified clinician accounts are on the roadmap.