ICD-10

UDP

Hi,

Do mental health professionals in Ireland use the Austrailian Modification of the ICD-10 as suggested here or the international version for categorisation?

Thanks.

icicle2000

From my experience, although ICD-10 is considered the "European" manual, while the DSM-IV-TR is considered the "American" manual, here, the DSM is used and known more than the ICD is. Not sure if this is exactly what you're asking though.

Odysseus

It depends on where people trained, some teaching hospital perfer one whilst the next perfer the other. That seems to saty bwitrh people after their training

JuliusCaesar

Officially the ICD is used (dunno what version though), but the DSM is more used in research. I suppose as the DSM is American, most English-language research uses it. But I've seen ICD classifications being used more often recently.



Wikipaedia is of course useful on this:

Mental and behavioral disorders
The ICD includes a section classifying mental and behavioral disorders (Chapter V). This has developed alongside the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the two manuals seek to use the same codes. There are significant differences, however, such as the ICD including personality disorders in the same way as other mental disorders, while the DSM lists them on a separate 'axis'.

The WHO is revising their classifications in these sections as part the development of the ICD-11 (scheduled for 2015), and an "International Advisory Group" has been established to guide this.[19] An international survey of psychiatrists in 66 countries comparing use of the ICD-10 and DSM-IV found that the former was more often used for clinical diagnosis while the latter was more valued for research.[20]

The ICD is actually the official system for the US, although many mental health professionals do not realize this due to the dominance of the DSM. The US is due to adopt a modified version of the ICD-10 in 2013. Psychologists note that "Serious problems with the clinical utility of both the ICD and the DSM are widely acknowledged."[21]