title: Latin American Guide for Psychiatric Diagnosis (GLDP).
abstract: Culturally competent diagnostic systems are necessary for an effective and ethical clinical practice, as cultural diversity of patients increase around the world. Latin American psychiatrists hold a long-standing commitment to this enterprise. Recently, two main Latin American adaptations to the international psychiatric classification have emerged: the Cuban Glossary of Psychiatry, and the project of the Latin American Guide for Psychiatric Diagnosis (GLADP). Keeping ICD-10 as the basis for nosological organization, GLADP is being developed with contributions by mental health professionals from Latin American countries. GLADP comprises 4 parts: (1) historical and cultural framework, (2) comprehensive diagnosis and formulation, (3) psychiatric nosology and (4) appendixes.
authors.affiliation: San Carlos University School of Medicine, Guatemala, Guatemala.
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Berganza
authors.forename: Juan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mezzich
authors.forename: Miguel Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jorge
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007843:Latin America; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results