PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Factitious Disorder, Truancy, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
25 Oct 2013
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During the 19th and early 20th centuries, there was great inconsistency and classification of abnormal behavior. In the uk as well as in paris, they"ve produced a classification scheme that was never widely used. Development of the who and the dsm systems. The world health organization added mental disorders to the international. However the mental disorders section was not widely accepted. The american psychiatric association published its own diagnostic and statistical manual. The world health organization published a new classification system knows more widely accepted. It was the second version of the american psychiatric association. Furthermore the american psychiatric association published and extensively revised diagnostic manual, a third edition. In 1988, the american psychiatric association appointed a task force, chaired by psychiatrist allen frances, to begin work on the dsm iv. Many psychologists were established to review sections of the dsm-iii, prepare literature reviews, analyze previously collected data and collect new data is needed.
