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International Perspectives of Psychiatric Classification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

N. Sartorius
N. Sartorius*
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Abstract

When Renaudin, aghast at the situation in 1856 wrote, “We now see anarchy in the field of classification threatening to split our ranks and robbing us of the victories of our predecessors”, he was not only providing an argument for adhering to a common system of communication in psychiatry, he was also stating why classifications are such an enchanting conundrum attracting attention, arousing emotion and giving rise to thought.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue S1: Psychiatric classification in an international perspective , May 1988 , pp. 9 - 14
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Sartorius, N. (1976) Classification: an international perspective. Psychiatric Anals, 6(8).Google Scholar
Kramer, M., Sartorius, N., Jablensky, A. & Gulbinat, W. (1979) The ICD-9 classification of mental disorders: a review of its development and contents. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 59, 241–262.Google Scholar
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