PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION

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N., Pam M.S.
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The recognized grouping of mental disorders into diagnostic categories. The grouping is catalogued in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Also referred to as psychiatric nosology.

PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION: "Psychiatric classification is constantly changing."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. MOOD DISORDER
  2. NEUROTIC DISORDER
  3. PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE DEMENTIA
  4. DSM-IV-TR
  5. PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
  6. NEUROSIS
  7. RENARD DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
  8. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA)
  9. MULTI-INFARCT DEMENTIA
  10. MOOD DISORDER DUE TO A GENERAL MEDICAL CONDI
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PSYCHIATRIC CLASSIFICATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/psychiatric-classification/ (accessed December 8, 2019).
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