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The classification of mental disorders in the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

N Sartorius
N Sartorius*
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Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Summary

The chapter dealing with the classification of mental disorders in the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) has been developed after consultation with experts in many countries. Each of the categories has been clearly defined so as to facilitate the assignment of diagnoses. The descriptions of categories and the diagnostic guidelines have then been tested in 110 centres located in over 40 countries, and the results have been used to finalize the text. The classification will be issued in several versions - one for statistical purposes, one for clinicians, one for researchers and one for general practitioners. A multiaxial presentation of the classification is being tested at present and will be made available in early 1993. The paper describes the requirements and principles which led to the classification, depicts the process outlined above and gives prospects for the future.

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classificationmental disordersICD-10

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European Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , 1991 , pp. 315 - 322
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1991

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The International Classification of Diseases has 21 chapters covering the total field of medical practice. This paper deals mainly with the chapter on mental and behavioural disorders (including disorders of psychological development).

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