Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification

✍ Scribed by Mario Maj, Wolfgang Gaebel, Juan José López-Ibor Jr., Norman Sartorius

• Book ID: 127435410
• Publisher: John Wiley
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Series: Based in part on presentation at 11th World Congress
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0471496812

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an overview of the strengths and limitations of the currently available systems for the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, in particular the DSM-IV and the ICD-10, and of the prospects for future developments.Among the covered issues are: * The impact of biological research * The diagnosis of mental disorders in primary care * The usefulness and limitations of the concept of comorbidity in psychiatry * The role of understanding and empathy in the diagnostic process * The ethical, legal and social aspects of psychiatric classification Psychiatric Diagnosis & Classification provides a comprehensive picture of the current state of available diagnostic and classificatory systems in psychiatry and the improvements that are needed.