Five systems of psychiatric classification for preschool children: Do differences in validity, usefulness and reliability make for competitive or complimentary constellations?

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-41

  Postert, Christian ^a   Averbeck Holocher, Marlies ^a   Beyer, Thomas ^a   Müller, Jörg ^a   Furniss, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC:0 3; DC:0 3R; Diagnostic criteria; DSM IV; ICD 10; Preschool psychiatry; RDC PA; Systems of classification

Indexed keywords

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58349117213     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-008-0113-x     Document Type: Article

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