[Description and comparison of two revised classifications of mental disorders: the ICD-9 and the DSM-III (author's transl)].
The ninth revision of the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) has come into effect on January 1, 1979. A fully-compatible German adaptation of its psychiatric part and a pseudo-compatible American one, the DSM-III, have been published in 1980. There exists a French translation of ICD-9 by the WHO, but no real adaptation to French-speaking psychiatry. Improvements of the psychiatric section of ICD-9 over the previous revision are described: incorporated glossary, priority to semeiology, additional codes for etiology, increased number of categories of depression (distinction between unipolar vs. bipolar, distinction between stress vs. adjustment reactions etc.), drug dependence and child psychiatry. For the first time, a classification of impairments, disabilities, and handicaps is added to the ICD. The author explains major divergences between ICD-9 and French psychiatry e.g. dementias under Psychoses, non-psychotic endogenous depressions under Affective Psychoses. He thereby justifies his few modifications to ICD-9 with respect to terminology and fifth-digit coding.
D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D014177:Translations; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
Description et comparaison de la révision de deux classifications des maladies mentales: la CIM-9 (ICD-9) et le DSM-III.