DSM-III: the major achievements and an overview

作者：Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, Andrew E. Skodol · 发表于：American Journal of Psychiatry · 年份：1980 · DOI：10.1176/ajp.137.2.151 · 被引用次数：325 · 研究领域：Personality Disorders and Psychopathology、Mental Health and Psychiatry、Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

DSM-III will be published early this year. In the first part of this article the authors describe some of the major achievements of DSM-III: the process of its development, reaching consensus on many controversial diagnostic categories and a definition of mental disorder, the provision of diagnostic criteria and a multiaxial evaluation system, and the demonstration of improved diagnostic reliability. In the second part of the article the authors present an overview of DSM-III in which they describe its departures from DSM-II and the reasons for these changes. They conclude that in the next few years there should be systematic study of DSM-III in use, so that information about its strengths and limitations can be made available to those responsible for developing DSM-IV.