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Autor(en) / Beteiligte
Titel
Issues in Diagnostic Research
Ort / Verlag
Boston, MA : Springer US
Erscheinungsjahr
1987
Beschreibungen/Notizen
  • I General Issues -- 1. On the Nature of Taxonomy in Psychopathology -- 2. Structural Issues in Diagnosis -- 3. The Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnosis -- 4. Diagnostic Validity -- II Methodological Issues -- 5. Lifetime Psychiatric Diagnoses -- 6. Biological Markers -- 7. Genetic Research Designs: Strategies in Psychiatric Research -- 8. Developmental Considerations -- III Special Topics -- 9. Psychometric Research on Children and Adolescents -- 10. Computer Generated Diagnosis -- 11. Differential Diagnosis of Medical and Psychiatric Disorders -- 12. DSM-III and Behavioral Assessment -- 13. DSM-III-Revised and Child Psychiatry
  • Prior and subsequentto the publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), we have witnessed a considerable upsurge in the quantity and quality of research concerned with the psychiatric diagnostic process. There are several factors that have contributed to this empirical influx, including improved diagnostic criteria for many psychiatric disorders, increased nosological attention to childhood psychopathology, and development and standardization of several structured diagnostic interview schedules for both adult and child populations. With the advent of DSM-III-R, and in anticipation of DSM-IV, diagnostic labels and their definitions have been in a state of change, as evinced by the many refinements and modifications currently taking place. However, the basic purpose or raison d'etre of the nosological scheme has not been altered. Psychiatric diagnosis is the means by which we classify or categorize human psychopathology. And, as is the case in the medical arena, psychiatric diagnosis serves three central functions: classification. communication. and prediction. As research accumulates, our understanding of psychiatric disorders increases, and we are in a much better position to classify reliably and with validity, as well as to communicate and predict Despite periodic changes in the diagnostic system, the basic strategies for conducting diagnostic research (e. g. , genetic-family studies, biological markers, follow-up studies, etc. ) do not vary appreciably over time. But in over one decade no scholarly book has appeared that tackles the essential research issues involved in upgrading the diagnostic endeavor
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISBN: 9781468412659
Titel-ID: 990020140780106463