Psychiatric diagnosis: impersonal, imperfect and important.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Psychiatric diagnosis is in the spotlight following the recent publication of DSM-5. In this article we consider both the benefits and limitations of diagnosis in psychiatry. The use of internationally recognised diagnoses, although insufficient alone, is part of a psychiatrist's professional responsibility to provide high-quality, evidence-based care for patients.
منابع مشابه
Psychiatric onset Alexander disease: an important challenge in neuropsychiatric diagnosis
Introduction: Alexander disease is a heterogenous group of diseases with various manifestations based on age of disease onset. This rare leukodystrophy syndrome with mutations in GFAP Gene could present with developmental delay and seizure in infantile form to ataxia and bulbar palsy in adulthood. However psychiatric symptoms are not well-defined and usually evaluate after disease diagnosis not...
متن کاملبررسی همبودی سوء مصرف مواد با اختلالات روانپزشکی در مراجعین سرپایی به درمانگاه مرکز آموزشی درمانی زارع ساری
Background and purpose: One of the important problems in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders is its accompaniment with substance abuse. In addition to substance abuse symptoms which are present in all addicts, in psychiatric patients it cause special problems in main diagnosis , slow reaction to therapy and even non effectiveness of the therapy and also poor prognosis.Consider...
متن کاملاختلالات روانپزشکی همبود با اعتیاد و ملاحظات درمانی
Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse is a well-known and highly complex phenomenon. The psychiatric problems and psychological symptoms can be related to consumption, unrelated to consumption, or a combination of both. For this reason, the identification and treatment of psychiatric disorders are important in improving the outcomes of treatment. In this study, guidelines for...
متن کاملتوافق دستیاران روانپزشکی در تشخیص گذاری محورIV روانپزشکی براساس طبقه بندی DSM-IV
Diagnosis of environmental and psychosocial problems in psychiatric patients is essential because of their significant role in causing or exacerbating psychiatric disorders. This study was carried out to assess the consensus rate in diagnosing axis IV (environmental and psychosocial problems) in DSM-IV system of classification among psychiatric residents. In this study on...
متن کاملبررسی وضعیت بیماران مبتلا به اسکیزوفرنی بستری شده در مرکز روانپزشکی شفا طی سال 77 (رشت)
Psychiatric diseases are one of the oldest and well known diseases that many scientific and medical solutions are presented about treatment of them. Among psychiatric diseases, schizophrenia is one of the important diseases that are special for humanity. Schizophrenia is a mental disease that has many signs and symptoms in thought, perception, excitement, and also, have observable behavioral di...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 204 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014