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The classification of psychiatric disorder
Author(s) -
Giel R.,
Busnello E. d';Arrigo,
Climent C. E.,
Elhakim A. S. E. D.,
Ibrahim H. H. A.,
LadridoIgnacio L.,
Wig N. N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1981.tb00651.x
Subject(s) - mental health , psychiatry , mental health care , psychology , medicine
Altogether 26 psychiatrists and other mental health workers, from Colombia, Brazil, Sudan, Egypt, India and the Philippines tried to reach agreement on the classification of 10 case histories, using the International Classification of Diseases (8th revision). The exercise was part of the WHO Collaborative Study on Strategies for Extending Mental Health Care. Conventions, mistakes, differences of opinion and a lack of rules are discussed as causes for disagreement.