The classification of stress-related disorders in ICD-10 and DSM-IV.

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This paper reviews the psychopathology, the nosology and classification principles of stress-related disorders, with focus on how they are characterized in ICD-10 and DSM-IV. The presence of a stressor and the reexperience of the event are the two criteria present in the three diagnostic systems: ICD-10 Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC), ICD-10 Diagnostic Guidelines (DG), and DSM-IV. ICD-10 RDC and DSM-IV, being more strict, add two more criteria: avoidance and increased physiological arousal. ICD-10 RDC allows this to be substituted by 'inability to recall', while ICD-10 DG add a few more symptoms which are not necessary for the diagnosis but may be typical (numbness), common (anxiety and depression) or rare (acute bursts of fear or aggression). DSM-IV is the only system which mentions symptoms specific for children. Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

Author information

Author/s: López-Ibor, Juan J (JJ);

Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. lopezibor(-atsign-)dial.eunet.es

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Psychopathology (Psychopathology), published in Switzerland. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Mar-Jun; vol 35 (issue 2-3) : pp 107-11

Dates: Created 2002/07/29; Completed 2002/11/26; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12145493, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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