A Comparison of DSM-II and DSM-III in the Diagnosis of Childhood Psychiatric Disorders
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 36 (11) , 1227-1228
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780110081010
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.Keywords
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