A companion to the classification of mental disorders /

A companion to the classification of mental disorders /

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Author / Creator:	Cooper, J. E. (John Edward)
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Mental illness -- Classification. Mental illness -- Diagnosis. Mental Disorders -- classification. Mental illness. Mental illness -- Diagnosis. Electronic books. Classification.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12026569

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Other authors / contributors:	Sartorius, N.
ISBN:	9781299907942 1299907946 0191648280 9780191648281 019966949X 9780199669493
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	A Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders provides essential reading as a background and supplement to both the recently produced DSM-5 and the forthcoming ICD-11. It focuses on the processes of classification and diagnosis, and the uses for these classifications. The book emphasises the dangers of regarding any current psychiatric classification as true or complete, in view of the present partial state of knowledge about the causes and mechanisms of most mentaland behavioural disorders. This book is unique in containing a number of chapters that give a brief history of the cooperative efforts and projects necessary for the production of internationally agreed psychiatric classifications.
Other form:	Print version: Cooper, John E. Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders. Oxford University Press, USA, 2013 1299907946

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Summary:	A Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders provides essential reading as a background and supplement to both the recently produced DSM-5 and the forthcoming ICD-11. It focuses on the processes of classification and diagnosis, and the uses for these classifications. The book emphasises the dangers of regarding any current psychiatric classification as true or complete, in view of the present partial state of knowledge about the causes and mechanisms of most mental and behavioural disorders. This book is unique in containing a number of chapters that give a brief history of the cooperative efforts and projects necessary for the production of internationally agreed psychiatric classifications. The discussion begins in 1965 with the US/UK Diagnostic study, the preparations for ICD-8 with its first international glossary, and the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia, designed and coordinated by the World Health Organization. While recognizing the importance of the innovations of the DSM series of classifications of the American Psychiatric Association, the book also takes a truly international perspective. The expert authors are well placed to do this, having been personally involved in many of the collaborative studies and developments discussed. A Companion to the Classification of Mental Disorders is an illustration of how much international collaborative work has been necessary over several decades to produce the currently agreed classifications. There is still a long way to go, but a start has been made.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781299907942 1299907946 0191648280 9780191648281 019966949X 9780199669493