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1Psychiatrischen Universitätspoliklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Zürich.
Praxis Der Kinderpsychologie Und Kinderpsychiatrie
|September 1, 1990
Summary
This review examines the evolution of child and adolescent psychiatric classification systems, highlighting improvements in diagnostic criteria and critiquing current models for their empirical basis.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
- Medical Classification
Context:
- Historical overview of German child and adolescent psychiatry classification systems.
- Analysis of early works by Tramer, Stutte, and Lutz.
- Examination of the progression of diagnostic frameworks.
Purpose:
- To outline basic terms in medical and psychiatric classification.
- To discuss current classification systems, including ICD-9, DSM-III-R, and ICD-10.
- To evaluate the empirical foundation of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
Summary:
- The paper introduces fundamental concepts in psychiatric classification.
- It traces the history of German child and adolescent psychiatry classification systems.
- Current systems like ICD-10 and DSM-III-R are analyzed, noting improvements over ICD-9, alongside critiques of their empirical basis.
Impact:
- Informs understanding of diagnostic system development in child and adolescent psychiatry.
- Highlights limitations and areas for improvement in psychiatric classification.
- Contributes to the ongoing discourse on the empirical grounding of psychiatric diagnoses.