Feighner Diagnostic Criteria — (also called the St. Louis criteria ) (1972). Motivated by a desire to identify real psychiatric illnesses rather than the vague impressions then fashionable in American psychiatry, in 1972 a team of researchers in the department of… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Robins, Eli — (1921–1994) A pioneer in the United States of rigorous diagnostic thinking, Robins was born in Rosenberg, Texas, into an immigrant family from Russia. He earned his M.D. at Harvard in 1943, then trained in psychiatry and neurology at McLean … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Major depressive disorder — For other depressive disorders, see Mood disorder. Major Depressive Disorder Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. It is used in the United States… … Wikipedia
Classification of mental disorders — Main article: Mental disorder Psychology … Wikipedia
Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry — The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology. Contents 1 Diagnostic Classification 1.1 Diagnostic Criteria 1.2 Interview instruments using the above criteria … Wikipedia
American Psychiatric Association — The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential world wide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are… … Wikipedia
Depression: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression and Mood Disorders: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
DSM — : Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders American Psychiatric Association (from 1952). (See also St. Louis School of Psychiatry ; Spitzer, Robert L..) This series of diagnostic handbooks, coming from a country that was not… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
