title: DSM-III in the training of British psychiatrists: a national survey.
abstract: All 223 psychiatric clinical tutors in the UK were surveyed on their use of DSM-III in their postgraduate training programmes. Results indicate that DSM-III is widely used in clinical training to some extent in the majority of schemes (73%) and in the schemes where it is used it is rated as moderately useful by nearly everyone (93%). DSM-III is generally perceived to have positive effects on learning basic elements of psychopathology and in offering a common language for diagnostic discussion. Interestingly only 16% of users felt that DSM-III was so complicated that it impeded rather than facilitated the teaching of diagnosis. Few schemes provide specific teaching courses and case conferences provide the major forum for teaching DSM-III.
authors.affiliation: Whiteley Wood Clinic, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Macaskill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macaskill
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D006113:United Kingdom