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A Guide to the American Psychiatric Association's New Diagnostic Nomenclature

scientific article published in June 1968

A Symptom Checklist to Screen for Somatoform Disorders in Primary Care

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7.

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A comparison of clinical and self-report diagnoses of DSM-III personality disorders in 552 patients

scientific article published on 01 March 1989

A comparison of three current classification systems for mental retardation

scientific article published in November 1969

A debate on DSM-III.

scientific article published in April 1984

A diagnostic interview: the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia

scientific article published on July 1, 1978

A field trial of DSM-III-R psychoactive substance dependence disorders

scientific article published on 01 March 1987

A guide to the American Psychiatric Association's new diagnostic nomenclature

scientific article published in June 1969

A more radical proposal: dyspareunia is not a mental disorder

scientific article published in February 2005

A new method of classification for psychophysiologic disorders

scientific article published on March 1, 1978

A proposal for DSM-IV: solving the "organic/nonorganic" problem

scientific article published in January 1989

A re-analysis of the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis

scientific article (publication date: October 1974)

A reevaluation of Schreber's case

scientific article published on 01 September 1985

A response to a nonresponse to criticisms of a nonstudy: one humorous and one serious rejoinder to Slater

scientific article published in November 2005

A response to the threat of a classification scheme for the psychosocial disorders: Some specific suggestions

scientific article published on October 1, 1971

A revised decision tree for the DSM-III differential diagnosis of psychotic patients

scientific article published on 01 July 1983

A structured diagnostic interview for hypochondriasis. A proposed criterion standard

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

A study of psychopathology of parents of psychotic children by structured interview

scientific article published in December 1976

A symposium: Should homosexuality be in the APA nomenclature?

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A-B therapist variable and psychotherapeutic outcome

scientific article published in April 1972

American psychiatry's transformation following the publication of DSM-III.

scientific article published in March 1994

An empirical study of the issue of sex bias in the diagnostic criteria of DSM-III axis II personality disorders

scientific article published in July 1983

An integrated group of forms for automated psychiatric case records. A progress report

scientific article published in May 1971

An introduction to the American Psychiatric Association's new diagnostic nomenclature for New York State Department of Mental Hygiene personnel

scientific article published in July 1968

An outsider-insider's views about revising the DSMs

scientific article published on August 1991

An ultra-brief screening scale for anxiety and depression: the PHQ-4.

scientific article published in November 2009

Another perspective on "putting DSM-IV in perspective"

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Anxiety disorders in primary care: prevalence, impairment, comorbidity, and detection

scientific article published in March 2007

Association of binge eating disorder and psychiatric comorbidity in obese subjects

scientific article published in October 1993

Automation of psychiatric case records

scientific article published on 01 January 1970

Automation of psychiatric case records: reply to discussants

scientific article published on 01 January 1970

Automation of psychiatric case records: will it help the clinician?

scientific article published on 01 November 1970

Binge Eating Disorder: Clinical Features and Treatment of a New Diagnosis

scientific article published on March 1, 1994

Binge eating disorder in a community-based sample of successful and unsuccessful dieters

scientific article published on 01 September 1995

Binge eating disorder should be included in DSM-IV: a reply to Fairburn et al.'s "the classification of recurrent overeating: the binge eating disorder proposal"

Binge eating disorder: its further validation in a multisite study

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Biometric Approach to Psychopathology: Abnormal and Clinical Psychology—Statistical, Epidemiological, and Diagnostic Approaches

scientific article published on January 1, 1975

Brief hospitalization of patients with families: initial results

scientific article published on April 1, 1975

Brief hospitalization: a two-year follow-up

scientific article published in May 1977

Brief versus standard hospitalization: the families

scientific article published on July 1, 1976

Can some gay men and lesbians change their sexual orientation? 200 participants reporting a change from homosexual to heterosexual orientation

scientific article (publication date: October 2003)

Can the computer assist clinicians in psychiatric diagnosis?

scientific article published on May 1, 1974

Change in criterion for paraphilias in DSM-IV-TR

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Classifying Psychophysiologic Disorders: A New Idea

scientific article published on 01 September 1977

Classifying psychosomatic disorders in DSM-III.

scientific article published in January 1981

Clinical criteria for psychiatric diagnosis and DSM-III

scientific article published on November 1, 1975

Clinical utility of five dimensional systems for personality diagnosis: a "consumer preference" study

scientific article published in May 2008

Cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of binge eating disorder: what constitutes success?

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Comparative validity of three screening questionnaires for DSM-IV depressive disorders and physicians' diagnoses.

scientific article published in February 2004

Computer diagnosis in psychiatry: a Bayes approach

scientific article published on June 1, 1974

Constraints on the Validity of Computer Diagnosis

scientific article published on August 1, 1974

Criticisms of DSM-III-R.

scientific article published in April 1989

Crossing the border into borderline personality and borderline schizophrenia. The development of criteria

scientific article published on January 1, 1979

Current and past psychopathology scales (CAPPS). Rationale, reliability, and validity

scientific article published in November 1972

DIAGNO II: Further Developments in a Computer Program for Psychiatric Diagnosis

scientific article published in January 1969

DIAGNO. A computer program for psychiatric diagnosis utilizing the differential diagnostic procedure

scientific article published in June 1968

DSM-II revisited: a reply

scientific article published in June 1969

DSM-III differential diagnosis in the elderly [proceedings]

scientific article published on January 1, 1981

DSM-III field trials: I. Initial interrater diagnostic reliability

scientific article published on June 1, 1979

DSM-III field trials: II. Initial experience with the multiaxial system

scientific article published on June 1, 1979

DSM-III in residency training: results of a national survey

scientific article published in June 1985

DSM-III schizophreniform disorder

scientific article published on 01 November 1983

DSM-III-R criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

DSM-III. Implications for liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine

scientific article published in June 1982

DSM-III: rationale, basic concepts, and some differences from ICD-9.

scientific article published in October 1982

DSM-III: the major achievements and an overview

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DSM-IV diagnostic criterion for clinical significance: does it help solve the false positives problem?

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DTREE: An Expert System for Psychiatric Diagnosis

DTREE: Microcomputer-Assisted Teaching of Psychiatric Diagnosis Using a Decision Tree Model

Day Versus Inpatient Hospitalization: A Controlled Study

scientific article published on April 1, 1971

Dehumanizing descriptors?

scientific article published on November 1, 1979

Depression, anxiety and somatization in primary care: syndrome overlap and functional impairment

scientific article published on May 2008

Designing mental health studies: the case for experimental design

scientific article published on November 1, 1975

Detecting panic disorder in medical and psychosomatic outpatients: comparative validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Patient Health Questionnaire, a screening question, and physicians' diagnosis

scientific article published in December 2003

Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire

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Diabetes and eating disorders in primary care

scientific article published in January 2003

Diagnosis and Need for Treatment Are Not the Same

scientific article published on February 1, 1998

Diagnostic criteria for psychiatric research: RDC (Research Diagnostic Criteria). French translation and adaptation by M. Ansseau

scientific article published on 01 March 1985

Differing symptoms of abused versus nonabused women in obstetric-gynecology settings

scientific article published in March 2003

Edited correspondence on the status of homosexuality in DSM-III.

scientific article published in January 1982

Evaluation in an inpatient setting of DTREE, a computer-assisted diagnostic assessment procedure

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

Factors influencing the success of a policy of community care for the chronically ill.

scientific article published in January 1980

Focusing on DSM-III's multiaxial system.

scientific article published in November 1982

Gastrointestinal symptoms in primary care: prevalence and association with depression and anxiety

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Gender Differences in the Reporting of Physical and Somatoform Symptoms

scientific article published on March 1, 1998

Gender differences in depression in primary care

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Good idea or politically correct nonsense?

scientific article published in February 2004

Harmful dysfunction and the DSM definition of mental disorder

scientific article published in August 1999

Having a dream. A research strategy for DSM-IV.

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Health problems, impairment and illnesses associated with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder among primary care and obstetric gynaecology patients

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Health-related quality of life in primary care patients with mental disorders. Results from the PRIME-MD 1000 Study

scientific article published in November 1995

Hypersexual disorder and preoccupation with internet pornography.

scientific article published in October 2001

Hysteria split asunder

scientific article published on 01 December 1978

Hysteroid dysphoria: an unsuccessful attempt to demonstrate its syndromal validity

scientific article published on 01 October 1982

Identifying common errors in the use of DSM-III through diagnostic supervision.

scientific article published in March 1984

Identifying patients with depression in the primary care setting: a more efficient method

scientific article published in December 1998

Individual versus group aftercare treatment

scientific article published in July 1974

Instruments and recording forms for evaluating psychiatric status and history: Rationale, method of development and description

scientific article published in October 1967

International reliability of a diagnostic intake procedure for panic disorder

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

Jet lag: clinical features, validation of a new syndrome-specific scale, and lack of response to melatonin in a randomized, double-blind trial

scientific article published in September 1999

Justification for Separating Schizotypal and Borderline Personality Disorders*

scientific article published on January 1, 1979

Late luteal phase dysphoric disorder and DSM-III-R

scientific article published on 01 July 1989

Lowered estimates--but of what?

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Major changes in psychiatric nomenclature. Reconciling existing psychiatric medical records with the new American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

scientific article published in June 1968

Major depression, physical illness, and suicidal ideation in primary care

scientific article published in July 2003

Maladaptive denial of physical illness: a proposal for DSM-IV.

scientific article published in September 1990

Masochistic personality: an empirical study

scientific article published on 01 February 1986

Melancholia: from DSM-III to DSM-III-R.

scientific article published on January 1989

Mental Status Examination Record (MSER): Reliability and validity

scientific article published on May 1, 1975

Mental status schedule. Properties of factor-analytically derived scales

scientific article published in April 1967

Mental status schedule: potential use as a criterion measure of change in psychotherapy research

scientific article published in January 1966

More on pseudoscience in science and the case for psychiatric diagnosis. A critique of D.L. Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" and "The Contestual Nature of Psychiatric Diagnosis".

scientific article published in April 1976

Multisomatoform disorder. An alternative to undifferentiated somatoform disorder for the somatizing patient in primary care

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National field trial of the DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria for self-defeating personality disorder

scientific article published on 01 December 1989

Neurosis, psychodynamics, and DSM-III. A history of the controversy

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Nonpurging bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder

scientific article published on 01 August 1991

Now is the time to retire the term "organic mental disorders"

scientific article published on February 1, 1992

On pseudoscience in science, logic in remission, and psychiatric diagnosis: A critique of Rosenhan's "On being sane in insane places"

scientific article published on October 1, 1975

Organic mental disorders and DSM-IV.

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Panic disorders: clinical update 1984. Diagnostic dilemmas

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Physical symptoms in primary care. Predictors of psychiatric disorders and functional impairment

scientific article (publication date: September 1994)

Problem oriented medical records: some reservations

scientific article published on September 1, 1973

Problems with the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis and its future in DSM V.

scientific article published in January 2008

Program evaluation and planning in a community mental health service

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Proposed changes in DSM-III substance use disorders: description and rationale

scientific article published on 01 April 1986

Psychiatric comorbidity, health status, and functional impairment associated with alcohol abuse and dependence in primary care patients: findings of the PRIME MD-1000 study

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Psychiatric diagnosis

scientific article published in November 1988

Psychiatric diagnosis: Are clinicians still necessary?

scientific article published on September 1, 1983

Psychodynamic perspective on DSM-III.

scientific article published in May 1982

Psychological disorders and distress in older primary care patients: a comparison of older and younger samples

scientific article published in July 2002

Psychotic disorders in DSM-III-R.

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Quantification of Agreement in Multiple Psychiatric Diagnosis

scientific article published on February 1, 1972

Quantification of agreement in psychiatric diagnosis revisited

scientific article published in February 1987

Quantification of agreement in psychiatric diagnosis. A new approach

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Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship between depression severity and functional status

scientific article published in April 2006

Reassessment of homosexuality and transsexualism

scientific article published in January 1976

Recipe for disaster: professional and patient equally sharing responsibility for developing psychiatric diagnosis.

scientific article published on June 2005

Reflections on PTSD's future in DSM-V

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Reliability in the DSM-III field trials: interview v case summary

scientific article published in November 1982

Reliability of dual diagnosis. Substance dependence and psychiatric disorders

scientific article published on 01 April 1992

Research Diagnostic Criteria

scientific article published on 01 November 1979

Research approaches to diagnostic classification in schizophrenia

scientific article published on 01 January 1978

Research diagnostic criteria

scientific article published in July 1975

Research diagnostic criteria and DSM-III: an annotated comparison

scientific article published on November 1982

Research diagnostic criteria: rationale and reliability

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Research in the delivery of mental health

scientific article published on July 1, 1972

Results of a survey of forensic psychiatrists on the validity of the sadistic personality disorder diagnosis

scientific article published in July 1991

Revised diagnostic criteria and a new structured interview for diagnosing anxiety disorders

scientific article published in January 1988

Revising diagnostic criteria for delirium

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Revisiting the Institute of Medicine report on the validity of posttraumatic stress disorder

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Rosenhan revisited: the scientific credibility of Lauren Slater's pseudopatient diagnosis study

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SCID-PANSS: two-tier diagnostic system for psychotic disorders

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Saving PTSD from itself in DSM-V.

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Scaled ratings of DSM-III personality disorders

scientific article published on 01 May 1985

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in DSM-III

scientific article published on January 1, 1978

Self-defeating personality disorder and DSM-III-R: development of the diagnostic criteria

scientific article

Self-defeating personality disorder reconsidered

scientific article published in January 2000

Spitzer reassesses his 2003 study of reparative therapy of homosexuality

scientific article published in August 2012

Standards for DSM-5 Reliability

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Substance-use disorders in DSM-III-R. Evidence for the dependence syndrome across different psychoactive substances

scientific article published on 01 December 1987

Supervising intake diagnosis. A psychiatric 'Rashomon'.

scientific article published in November 1982

Teaching and learning DSM-III

scientific article published on December 1, 1981

The DSK-III Classification of Affective Disorders

scientific article published in December 1983

The DSM-III classification of affective disorders

scientific article published in January 1983

The DSM-III classification of the psychiatric disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence

scientific article published in January 1980

The DSM-III-R field trial of disruptive behavior disorders

scientific article published on 01 September 1990

The DSM-III-R field trial of pervasive developmental disorders

scientific article published in November 1990

The DSM-III-R personality disorders: an overview

scientific article published on July 1988

The MCMI and DSM-III: a brief rejoinder to Million (1985)

scientific article published on 01 January 1986

The MCMI as a measure of DSM-III.

scientific article published in August 1985

The PHQ-15: validity of a new measure for evaluating the severity of somatic symptoms

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The PHQ-8 as a measure of current depression in the general population

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The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure

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The Patient Health Questionnaire Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptom Scales: a systematic review

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The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: validity of a two-item depression screener

scientific article published in November 2003

The Psychiatric Status Schedule for epidemiological research. Methodological considerations

scientific article published in October 1980

The Psychiatric Status of 100 Men On Skid Row

scientific article published in January 1969

The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). I: History, rationale, and description

scientific article published on August 1992

The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). II. Multisite test-retest reliability

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The Value of the Standardized Interview for the Evaluation of Psychopathology

scientific article published on October 1, 1972

The data-oriented revolution in psychiatry

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The dependence syndrome across different psychoactive substances: revised DSM-III.

scientific article published in January 1987

The development of reliable diagnostic criteria in psychiatry

scientific article published on 01 January 1982

The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III: a reformulation of the issues

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The difficult patient: prevalence, psychopathology, and functional impairment

scientific article published on January 1996

The factor structure of self-report DSM-III axis II symptoms and their relationship to clinicians' ratings

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The family history method using diagnostic criteria. Reliability and validity

scientific article published on October 1, 1977

The global assessment scale. A procedure for measuring overall severity of psychiatric disturbance

scientific article published on June 1, 1976

The issue of sex bias in DSM-III. A critique of "A Woman's View of DSM-III" by Marcie Kaplan

scientific article published in July 1983

The patient health questionnaire for adolescents: validation of an instrument for the assessment of mental disorders among adolescent primary care patients

scientific article published in March 2002

The psychiatric status schedule. A technique for evaluating psychopathology and impairment in role functioning

scientific article published in July 1970

The relationship of social phobia subtypes and avoidant personality disorder

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The reliability of three definitions of bizarre delusions

scientific article published on 01 June 1993

Three Computer Diagnosis Methods Compared

scientific article published on November 1, 1972

Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care patients: cross-sectional criterion standard study

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Treatment of chronic depression

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Trends in the frequency of schizophrenia by different diagnostic criteria

scientific article published on 01 June 1977

UPDATE: a computer program for converting diagnoses to the new nomenclature of the American Psychiatric Association

scientific article published in September 1968

Use of the Research Diagnostic Criteria and the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia to study affective disorders

scientific article published on 01 January 1979

Using signal detection methodology to revise DSM-III-R: re-analysis of the DSM-III-R national field trials for autistic disorder

scientific article published in January 1990

Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to measure depression among racially and ethnically diverse primary care patients

scientific article published in June 2006

Utility of a new procedure for diagnosing mental disorders in primary care. The PRIME-MD 1000 study

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

VA disability policies and posttraumatic morbidity

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

Validation and utility of a self-report version of PRIME-MD: the PHQ primary care study. Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders. Patient Health Questionnaire

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Validation and utility of the patient health questionnaire in diagnosing mental disorders in 1003 general hospital Spanish inpatients

scientific article published in July 2001

Validity and utility of the PRIME-MD patient health questionnaire in assessment of 3000 obstetric-gynecologic patients: the PRIME-MD Patient Health Questionnaire Obstetrics-Gynecology Study

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Values and assumptions in the development of DSM-III and DSM-III-R: an insider's perspective and a belated response to Sadler, Hulgus, and Agich's "On values in recent American psychiatric classification".

scientific article published in June 2001

Was the gender identity disorder of childhood diagnosis introduced into DSM-III as a backdoor maneuver to replace homosexuality? A historical note

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What. Another rating scale? The psychiatric evaluation form

scientific article published on February 1, 1972

[Help us to find the best way to prevent jet lag!]

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

[Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS)]

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

idiopathic pain disorder: a critique of pain-prone disorder and a proposal for a revision of the DSM-III category psychogenic pain disorder

scientific article published on 01 July 1982

CAPPS: vyšetřovací schéma přítomné a minulé psychopatologie

book edition published in 1975