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This book provides an overview of the strengths and limitations of the currently available systems for the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, in particular the DSM-IV and the ICD-10, and of the prospects for future developments.Among the covered issues are: * The impact of biological research * The diagnosis of mental disorders in primary care * The usefulness and limitations of the concept of comorbidity in psychiatry * The role of understanding and empathy in the diagnostic process * The ethical, legal and social aspects of psychiatric classification Psychiatric Diagnosis & Classification provides a comprehensive picture of the current state of available diagnostic and classificatory systems in psychiatry and the improvements that are needed.
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Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification. Edited by Mario Maj, Wolfgang Gaebel, Juan Jose LoÂpez-Ibor and Norman Sartorius Copyright # 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBNs: 0±471±49681±2 (Hardback); 0±470±84647±X (Electronic) Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification. Edited by Mario Maj, Wolfgang Gaebel, Juan Jose LoÂpez-Ibor and Norman Sartorius Copyright # 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBNs: 0±471±49681±2 (Hardback); 0±470±84647±X (Electronic) Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification Edited by Mario Maj University of Naples, Italy Wolfgang Gaebel University of DuÈsseldorf, Germany Juan Jose LoÂpez-Ibor Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Norman Sartorius University of Geneva, Switzerland Psychiatric Diagnosis and Classification. Edited by Mario Maj, Wolfgang Gaebel, Juan Jose LoÂpez-Ibor and Norman Sartorius Copyright # 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBNs: 0±471±49681±2 (Hardback); 0±470±84647±X (Electronic) Copyright # 2002 by John Wiley