Cultural sensitivity: ICD-10 versus DSM-III-R.
This article is the outcome of a comparison of the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision) and DSM-III-R (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition, Revised). The study indicates that the ICD-10 has made great progress in widening the international scope of contemporary systems of classification in psychiatry and that the inclusion of certain cultural elements into a classificatory system could enrich its worldwide perspective.
Haghighat
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Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, London.
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*