Reconsidering the DSM-IV Diagnoses of Alzheimer's Disease : Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Patients With Dementia
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In traditional medical use, a categorical diagnosis conveys essential (although stereotypic) information about the signs and symptoms of a disease, its treatment, and its prognosis. Its utility derives from its generalizability. However, many of the shortcomings of categorical classification also reflect these same qualities. Diagnoses too often fail to capture important qualities of a disorder or do not sufficiently characterize a patient's particular symptoms. Recent editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which have emphasized highly specific entry criteria to establish psychiatric conditions in a more homogeneous fashion, have sometimes resulted in enhanced reliability at the cost of diminished validity. The variability of psychiatric disorders often defies attempts to create strictly defined clusters amenable to syndrome classifications.
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| Published in: | International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 12, pp. 23-27 |
| Publication date: | 01/07/2000 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Document type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1041610200006724 |
| ISSN: | 1041-6102, 1741-203X |
| Open access: | Open access Gold: open access journal – International Psychogeriatrics (license: CC-BY-NC-ND, published version) |
| Cited by: | 4 |
| Subjects: |
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
(Health Sciences > Medicine > Psychiatry and Mental health)
Mental Health and Psychiatry
(Social Sciences > Arts and Humanities > Philosophy)
Psychological Testing and Assessment
(Social Sciences > Psychology > Applied Psychology)
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