PSY340H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Intellectual Disability, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Problem Gambling
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United kingdom (1882): royal medico-psychological association created a classification scheme (never adopted, even after several revisions) Paris (1889): congress of mental science adopted a single classification system (never widely used) United states: association of medical superintendents of american. Institutions for the insane (forerunner for apa), adopted somewhat revised version of british system (1886: in 1913, group accepted new classification scheme that incorporated some of emil kraepelin"s ideas but consistency was still lacking. Dsm-ii (1968) was similar to who system: provided some crucial information regarding symptoms and behaviours but didn"t specify the same symptoms for a given disorder. Dsm-iii-r (1987: several major innovations distinguish iii from iii-r, use of multiaxial classification (individual is rated on 5 separate dimensions)- removed in dsm-5, 5 axes, all diagnostic categories except personality disorders and mental retardation. Personality disorders and mental retardation: general medical conditions (relevant to disorder)
