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Observations on the Psychiatric Section of the International Classification of Diseases and the British Glossary of Mental Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Lorna Wing
Lorna Wing
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
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Summary

Problems arising from the categories used in the Eighth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, and from some of the definitions included in the British Glossary, are discussed. Suggestions are made for changes which would facilitate the use of the I.C.D., firstly for furnishing quantitative data to answer questions about groups of cases, and secondly for retrieval of information about patients with particular syndromes for purposes of research studies. Finally, a multi-axial system for diagnostic coding is described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , November 1970 , pp. 79 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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