title: DSM-III in residency training: results of a Canadian survey.
abstract: The authors surveyed directors of residency training as well as residents across Canada to determine the extent to which DSM-III has been incorporated into the Canadian psychiatric residency training programs, how this has been accomplished, and the respondents' assessment of certain effects of DSM-III on residency training. This study is a replication of an earlier study done by another team in the United States. Our study indicates that, in most cases, the attitude towards DSM-III was positive: 100% of respondents described the system as useful or somewhat useful in the training settings. The most frequently selected positive features were its value as a common language, an aid in differential diagnosis, its empirical approach and specificity or clarity of the criteria. The criticisms frequently centred on the DSM-III's potential to induce a false impression of all encompassing theoretical knowledge, to be misused in a mechanistic manner as a "cookbook", and on the DSM-III's inadequacy with some patients (for example, children, neurotic disorders, and personality disorders).
authors.affiliation: Eligin County, St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Velamoor
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Waring
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fisman
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cernovsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brownstone
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*