Developing Korean Academy of Medical Sciences Guideline for rating the impairment in mental and behavioral disorders; a comparative study of KNPA's new guidelines and AMA's 6th Guides.
Quantifying and rating the impairments due to mental and behavior disorders are difficult for their own characteristics. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMS) is developing guidelines of rating impairment in mental and behavioral disorders based on Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA)'s new guidelines. We compared the new KNPA's guidelines and the American Medical Association (AMA)'s 6th Guides in assessing impairment due to mental and behavioral disorders to develop new guidelines of KAMS. Two guidelines are different in diagnosing system, applicable disorders, qualification of assessors, application of scales, contents of assessment and rate of impairment of the whole person. Both AMA's and the proposed guidelines have individual merits and characteristics. There is a limitation in using the 6th AMA's Guides in Korean situation. However to improve objectivity in Korean assessment of psychiatric impairment, the new AMA's Guides can serve as a good reference.
Ryu
Seong Gon
SG
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Hong
Narei
N
Jung
Han Yong
HY
Hwang
Sun-Chul
SC
Jung
Han-Young
HY
Jeong
Dushin
D
Rah
Ueon Woo
UW
Suh
Dong-Soo
DS
D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale / Q000592:standards; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development