[Note apropos of the classification of mental disorders in child psychopathology]

The need for a classification of problems observed in child psychiatry goes hand in hand with the desire to standardize diagnostics. This classification must be reliable, valid, broken down into various criteria and supplemented with a glossary. The triaxial classification used at the Alfred Binet Center, the changes suggested by WHO (ICD-10) are brought up because of their unquestionable advantages. Review of DSM-III. Critical study of the usefulness of suggested scales to explain the clinical approach to cases.