TY - JOUR
T1 - A format for DSM-III diagnostic formulation
T2 - Experience with 1,111 consecutive patients
AU - Mezzich, J. E.
AU - Coffman, G. A.
AU - Goodpastor, S. M.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - The authors present a format that organizes DSM-III diagnoses according to its five axes. For each axis, it provides an ordered listing of several diagnostic categories, their qualification as principal or provisional diagnoses, and alternative categories to be ruled out. For each dimensional axis, the terms and codes of the scale are specified and arranged linearly. This format was used with 1,111 new patients who consecutively applied for care at a comprehensive psychiatric facility during a 6-month period. The authors report on the frequency of use of specific diagnostic categories and dimensional levels along with the proportion of patients for whom principal, provisional, and rule-out diagnoses were noted.
AB - The authors present a format that organizes DSM-III diagnoses according to its five axes. For each axis, it provides an ordered listing of several diagnostic categories, their qualification as principal or provisional diagnoses, and alternative categories to be ruled out. For each dimensional axis, the terms and codes of the scale are specified and arranged linearly. This format was used with 1,111 new patients who consecutively applied for care at a comprehensive psychiatric facility during a 6-month period. The authors report on the frequency of use of specific diagnostic categories and dimensional levels along with the proportion of patients for whom principal, provisional, and rule-out diagnoses were noted.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.139.5.591
DO - 10.1176/ajp.139.5.591
M3 - Article
C2 - 7072843
AN - SCOPUS:0020025403
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 139
SP - 591
EP - 596
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -