title: Diagnostic concepts, multimodal and multiaxial approaches in psychotherapy and psychosomatics.
abstract: Basic questions concerning diagnostic models in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychosomatics are discussed in this paper. Against the background of the different areas in psychodynamic-oriented diagnoses, the advantages and disadvantages of descriptive multiaxial diagnostical models like DSM-III-R and ICD-10 are examined. These conceptual reflections have been built on the findings from participation in Germany of a great number of psychotherapeutic/psychosomatic institutions in the field trials for the assessment of the Diagnostic Criteria for Research of ICD-10, chapter V. Some of the most important issues this study has raised are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Westfälischen Klinik für Psychiatrie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heuft
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freyberger
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Janssen
mesh_terms: D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy