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An Empirical Comparison Between the DSM and Psychodynamic Approaches for Assessment of Child Disorders in Children Attending Outpatient Clinics
Author(s) -
Valla JeanPierre,
Bergeron Lise,
Gaudet Nathalie,
Reydellet Claude,
Boulanger Michel
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1994.tb01283.x
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , psychology , medical diagnosis , psychopathology , outpatient clinic , child psychopathology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , child and adolescent psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , pathology
The DSM and psychodynamic approaches provide different perspectives on child psychiatric diagnoses. Taking advantage of the recent publication of a psychodynamically oriented classification of child disorders, correspondences between these approaches were studied in a sample of outpatient clinic children. Clinician judges and a psychiatric interview schedule provided for diagnoses. Classifications of child psychopathology are still imperfect to a large extent. As a result, statistical comparisons can only yield limited relationships and caution is necessary when using classification tools. Methodological difficulties notwithstanding, various associations showed that DSM and psychodynamic constructs, while different, are not entirely independent.