Bringing Personality Into Focus

Introducing the PID-5-BF in MindMetrix

Personality influences how patients relate to others, cope with stress, and engage in treatment. Yet, it’s often overlooked in everyday mental health care. Too frequently, personality is treated as peripheral to diagnosis and treatment planning rather than integral to understanding the whole person.

We think it’s time to change that.

A New Addition: The Personality Inventory for DSM-5–Brief Form (PID-5-BF)

MindMetrix now includes the PID-5-BF, a 25-item scale grounded in five core personality domains. Unlike categorical diagnoses alone, this tool moves beyond labels to provide a richer view of each patient’s interpersonal style, emotional regulation, and approach to challenges.

Why Personality Matters in Care

For clinicians, these insights, now available in the Contextual Information section of each report, can:

• Highlight potential barriers to treatment adherence.
• Frame diagnoses within the context of interpersonal challenges.
• Facilitate more individualized and effective care.

For patients, personality information fosters self-awareness and collaboration. What might begin as curiosity about personality can evolve into clinically meaningful understanding, helping patients see how their traits shape their experiences and responses to treatment.

Toward Whole-Person Mental Health

By adding the PID-5-BF, MindMetrix helps clinicians move beyond surface-level symptoms to capture a more comprehensive, whole-person perspective. Personality is not a footnote in mental health. It’s a vital part of the story.

With this update, we’re making it easier for clinicians to integrate personality insights into their decision-making and for patients to engage more deeply in their care.