Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jkksz Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-31T15:18:01.661Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

DSM–HI: From Left to Right or from Right to Left?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. L. T. Birley
J. L. T. Birley*
Affiliation:
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG; Maudsley Hospital, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8PG
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

DSM–III has largely been based upon essentialist notions of increasingly accurate and ‘valid’ definitions of diseases. A nominalist approach would facilitate study of aetiological factors and variables in the natural history of diseases.

Type
Philosophy and Practice
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 1 , July 1990 , pp. 116 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

American Psychiatric Association (1967) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd edn, revised) (DSM–III–R). Washington DC: APA.Google Scholar
Birley, J. L. T. & Brown, G. W. (1970) Crises and life changes preceding the onset or relapse of acute schizophrenia: clinical aspects. British Journal of Psychiatry, 116, 327–333.Google Scholar
Payer, L. (1983) Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France. New York: Henry Holt.Google Scholar
Spitzer, R. L., Endicott, J. & Robins, E. (1978) Research Diagnostic Criteria: rationale and reliability. Archives of General Psychiatry, 35, 773–782.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. W. (1988) Having a dream: a research strategy for D.S.M.IV. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 871–874.Google Scholar
Zimmerman, (1988) Why are we rushing to publish D.S.M.IV? Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 1135–1138.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.