UPDATE: A Computer Program for Converting Diagnoses to the New Nomenclature of the American Psychiatric Association
ROBERT L. SPITZER M.D.1, and
LORETTA M. GILFORD 2
1 Director, evaluation unit, biometrics research, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032
2 Senior computer programmer, biometrics research, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032
A computer program to convert automated hospital and patient records from DSM-I diagnostic categories to those used in DSM-II has been developed; program listings are available on request from the authors. Since some diagnostic categories are not directly convertible, the methods used to surmount particular problems are explained.
