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Staging: a neglected dimension in psychiatric classification
Author(s) -
Fava G. A.,
Kellner R.
Publication year - 1993
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.1600-0447.1993.tb03362.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , panic disorder , seriousness , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , depression (economics) , prevalence of mental disorders , nosology , clinical psychology , medicine , mental health , anxiety , mood , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
The staging method, whereby a disorder is characterized according to seriousness, extension and features, has achieved wide currency in medicine but is currently neglected in psychiatry. Studies addressing or related to the issue of staging in schizophrenia, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder and panic disorder are discussed. The phenomenological development of these mental disorders may be categorized according to stages.