Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1227-1228 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Archives of General Psychiatry |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1979 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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