title: Developmental dimensions of DSM-III diagnoses in adolescent psychiatric patients.
abstract: In a study of the relationship between ego development and DSM-III diagnoses among 140 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents, it was found that severity of psychiatric diagnosis decreased with increased ego development. Discussion focuses on the need to introduce innovative and empirically valid developmental perspectives into the process of diagnosing children and adolescents who require mental health services.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Mass.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Noam
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Houlihan
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis