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DSM III in Outreach Psychiatry

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  • Ben A. Blansjaar

    (RIAGG Westhage, The Hague, The Netherlands)

  • Tijs Bruna

    (Dijkzigt Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (previously: RIAGG Westhage, The Hague)

Abstract

As making a diagnosis in emergency psychiatry is often difficult, whether the systematic use of a diagnostic classification is worthwhile can be questioned. In the psychiatric emergency service in The Hague, The Netherlands, the use of a DSM III classification list was evaluated by comparing emergency service diagnoses during subsequent psychiatric treatments in 237 out of 300 consecutive contacts. For Organic Mental Disorders, Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders, the Kappa coefficient of agreement was found to lie between 0.5 and 0.6. The application of DSM III categories is considered to be suited to diagnostic classification in outreach emergency psychiatry.

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  • Ben A. Blansjaar & Tijs Bruna, 1990. "DSM III in Outreach Psychiatry," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(4), pages 308-314, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:36:y:1990:i:4:p:308-314
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600409
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    1. Wellin, Edward & Slesinger, Doris P. & Hollister, C. David, 1987. "Psychiatric emergency services: Evolution, adaptation and proliferation," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 475-482, January.
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