Inge Debast

Inge Debast is a Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, focusing on Personality Disorders, Geropsychiatry, and Personality Assessment. Her work explores clinical and empirical dimensions of personality psychopathology in older adults.

• Active in DSM-5 and Severity Indices of Personality Problems validity studies
• Developed standardized assessments for personality disorders in geriatric psychiatry
• Investigated gender bias in DSM-IV classification (2012)

Her research output (2012-2024) spans peer-reviewed journals, systematic reviews, and conference posters, emphasizing reproducibility and clinical applicability of diagnostic frameworks for aging populations.