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Personality disorder and the International Classification of Diseases1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael Shepherd  and
Norman Sartorius
Michael Shepherd
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and the Mental Health Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva
Norman Sartorius
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and the Mental Health Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva
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Sysnopsis

Despite diagnostic imprecision and terminological confusion, the concept of personality disorder remains indispensable to clinical psychiatric practice. In relation to the International Classification of Diseases the problems were examined at a seminar which formed part of the World Health Organization's programme on Psychiatric Diagnosis, Classification, and Statistics. The conclusions of the seminar are presented in this paper.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1974 , pp. 141 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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