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Jacobs, David H. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition" ("DSM-5") promises a refined definition of mental disorder, which is tantamount to acknowledging that prior "DSM" definitions have failed to clarify what mental disorder is and why a person should be considered mentally disordered. Since the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Psychopathology
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Blashfield, Roger K.; Draguns, Juris G. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1976
This paper is written to propose and describe a set of four criteria for the empirical evaluation of psychiatric classification. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria, Predictive Validity