title: Experiences with the DSM-III in a psychiatric consultation/liaison service.
abstract: 375 patients referred to consultation/liaison service at a general hospital from the neurological and internal medical department were diagnosed according to the DSM-III criteria for axis I and II. The sample represents all the patients referred from the two departments in a two year period. The phenomenological approach of the DSM-III and its reliability, is an advantage over older classification systems in the psychiatric consultation/liaison work. The system was easily applicable in this setting, leaving only 4 percent with "Diagnoses deferred" on both axes. From the consultation/liaison psychiatrist's point of view, special problems seemed to exist concerning the categories "Somatoform disorders" and "Psychological factors affecting physical condition", and the concepts of the axis II.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis