Psychiatric Diagnosis in a Japanese University Population—Using DSM-III

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Abstract
The authors applied DSM-III to 142 psychiatric patients in a Japanese university population, and compared the result with a recent American survey. The common finding of the two reports was that the diagnostic classes of adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders, and other specific affective disorders were among the most prevalent. The findings characteristic to the Japanese population were as follows: female students were more prone to suffer from a mental problem; somatoform and schizophrenic disorders were more frequent; and hypochondriacal paranoia or a type of anthropophobia was specifically common, requiring further investigations. Especially in adolescent psychiatry, clinicians should be careful not to discard a psychotherapeutic attitude in diagnosing a patient. In this regard, the descriptive nature as well as the multiaxial system of DSM-III was found helpful.

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