TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the Diagnosis of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
T2 - IV. Difficulties in Use, Global Comparison, and Conclusions
AU - Cantwell, Dennis P.
AU - Mattison, Richard
AU - Russell, Andrew T.
AU - Will, Lois
PY - 1979/10
Y1 - 1979/10
N2 - A good classification system, in addition to being reliable, must be easy to use. This report examines the difficulties raters encountered in using DSM-III to diagnose 24 child and adolescent psychiatric case histories. Overall, the raters reported few difficulties. They consistently preferred DSM-III over DSM-II as the more useful diagnostic system. In summarizing the results of the entire four-part study, we conclude that DSM-III, with additional refinement, gives promise of being a very usable and reliable classification system for the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
AB - A good classification system, in addition to being reliable, must be easy to use. This report examines the difficulties raters encountered in using DSM-III to diagnose 24 child and adolescent psychiatric case histories. Overall, the raters reported few difficulties. They consistently preferred DSM-III over DSM-II as the more useful diagnostic system. In summarizing the results of the entire four-part study, we conclude that DSM-III, with additional refinement, gives promise of being a very usable and reliable classification system for the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110081010
DO - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110081010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750721390
SN - 0003-990X
VL - 36
SP - 1227
EP - 1228
JO - Archives of General Psychiatry
JF - Archives of General Psychiatry
IS - 11
ER -