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Emotional disorders: cluster 4 of the proposed meta-structure for DSM-V and ICD-11.
Psychological medicine - 1 Dec 2009
Goldberg D P, Krueger R F, Andrews G, Hobbs M J
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BACKGROUND: The extant major psychiatric classifications DSM-IV, and ICD-10, are atheoretical and largely descriptive. Although this achieves good reliability, the validity of a medical diagnosis would be greatly enhanced by an understanding of risk factors and clinical manifestations. In an effort to group mental disorders on the basis of aetiology, five clusters have been proposed. This paper considers the...
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