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Dec 9, 2013 · Currently, categorical classification systems constitute agreed-upon definitions for pragmatically assigning mental illnesses. Most mental states are generally thought of as dichotomous entities that can be identified by applying certain operationalized criteria.
- Classification systems in psychiatry: diagnosis and global ...
Advances in our understanding of the individual-level and...
- Classification systems in psychiatry: diagnosis and global ...
Dec 23, 2023 · One of the most important goals of a psychiatric classification like the ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR is to allow mental health practitioners and researchers to communicate more effectively with each other by establishing a convenient shorthand for describing the mental disorders that they see.
- mbf2@Columbia.edu
Since psychiatric disorders are significantly more heterogeneous than other complex disorders, greater heterogeneity means also greater complexity, and emergent traits in the “mind-brain” system may be “more remote from individual gene effects than those seen in other tissues”.
- Assen Jablensky
- 2016
Advances in our understanding of the individual-level and society-level causal mechanisms that contribute to vulnerability to mental disorder may ultimately lead to improved classification systems, and in turn to better individualized care as well as improved global mental health.
- Dan J. Stein, Crick Lund, Randolph M. Nesse
- 2013
Jun 9, 2020 · The more or less worldwide acceptance of these classification systems can be seen as an important step forward in psychiatric diagnostics, especially in terms of reliability and to a lesser degree in terms of validity.
- Hans-Jürgen Möller
- hans-juergen.moeller@med.uni-muenchen.de
- 2020
‘Classification’ introduces concepts of mental illness before briefly reviewing the reasons for, and criticisms of, psychiatric classification. Key issues of reliability, validity, and stigma associated with classification are covered.
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Apr 1, 2022 · This article examines the limitations of existing classification systems from the historical, cultural, political, and legal perspectives. It covers the evolution of classification systems with particular emphasis on the DSM and ICD systems.
