Am J Psychiatry 1985; 142:342-345
Copyright © 1985 by American Psychiatric Association
DSM-III in Botswana: a field trial in a developing country
DI Ben-Tovim
The author found that DSM-III criteria were generally applicable to the
diagnoses of a series of new and repeat outpatients studied under field
conditions in Botswana, a developing African country. Some problems were
encountered, however, with axis II, which was not commonly used. Other
clinical aspects of the patients are commented on, including the rarity of
acute psychoses and culture-bound syndromes.
