TY - JOUR
T1 - Dsm-iv meets philosophy
AU - Frances, Allen
AU - Mack, Avram H.
AU - First, Micheal B.
AU - Widiger, Thomas A.
AU - Ross, Ruth
AU - Forman, Leslie
AU - Davis, Wendy Wakefield
PY - 1994/6
Y1 - 1994/6
N2 - The authors discuss some of the conceptual issues that must be considered in using and understanding psychiatric classification. DSM-IVis a practical and common sense nosology of psychiatric disorders that is intended to improve communication in clinical practice and in researchstudies. DSM-IV has no philosophic pretensions but does raise many philosphical questions. This paper describes the development of DSM-IV and the way in which it addresses a number of philosophic issues: Nominalism vs. realism, epistemologyin science, the mind/body dichotomy, the definition of mental disorders, and dimensional vs. categorical classification.
AB - The authors discuss some of the conceptual issues that must be considered in using and understanding psychiatric classification. DSM-IVis a practical and common sense nosology of psychiatric disorders that is intended to improve communication in clinical practice and in researchstudies. DSM-IV has no philosophic pretensions but does raise many philosphical questions. This paper describes the development of DSM-IV and the way in which it addresses a number of philosophic issues: Nominalism vs. realism, epistemologyin science, the mind/body dichotomy, the definition of mental disorders, and dimensional vs. categorical classification.
KW - DSM-IV
KW - Nosology
KW - Psychiatric classification
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U2 - 10.1093/jmp/19.3.207
DO - 10.1093/jmp/19.3.207
M3 - Article
C2 - 7964208
AN - SCOPUS:0028454426
SN - 0360-5310
VL - 19
SP - 207
EP - 218
JO - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)
JF - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)
IS - 3
ER -