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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 124, No. 12

Articles | June 01, 1968

A Guide to the American Psychiatric Association's New Diagnostic Nomenclature

ROBERT L. SPITZER; PAUL T. WILSON

Am J Psychiatry 1968;124:1619-1629.

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Director, evaluation unit, biometrics research, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th Street, New York, N. Y. 10032

Principal investigator, American Psychiatric Association information processing project

1967-68, American Psychiatric Association

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The new diagnostic nomenclature, which will become official on July 1, represents a significant advance toward the use of a standard international classification system to facilitate the exchange of ideas among psychiatrists of all countries. The ways in which the new manual (DSM-II) differs both from the original (DSM-I) and from the current World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases (ICD-8) are discussed to aid psychiatrists in making the transition.

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