Diagnosis and Clinical Assessment: The DSM-III

A new proposal for the subtypes of social phobia in a sample of Spanish adolescents

“…All this leads us to certify that our findings are consistent and provide empirical support to the Olivares and Caballo's model (2003). At the same time it supports the proposal of the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000), where the use of diagnostic scoreboards of typemild/moderate/severe -is recommended and, on the other hand, it might also constitute additional information in favor of the thesis supported by Eysenck for the dimensional consideration of behavior disorders opposite to the categorial (Eysenck, Wakefield, & Friedman, 1983). In spite of the difficulties that comparison of the results of different studies concerning SP subtypes implies, taking into account the variability of classification criteria used, as well as of the instruments for the assessment used, if only mentioning two examples, we can find some coincidental results with those of the current study and this second hypothesis.…”

The Evolution of Drug Development in Schizophrenia: Past Issues and Future Opportunities

“…Studies documenting a broader definition of schizophrenia in the US compared to the UK gave urgency to restructuring classification. The resulting DSM-III, influenced by the European concept of nuclear schizophrenia and the primacy of Schneider's First Rank Symptoms, resulted in an unintended but dramatic change in the concept of schizophrenia (Tamminga and Carpenter, 1982;Eysenck et al, 1983). Symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, considered secondary by Bleuler, became the foremost defining criteria, and special forms such as voices commenting on behavior or discussing the patient in third person pronouns became critical to the diagnosis of schizophrenia.…”

Measuring the Core Features of Personality Disorders in Substance Abusers Using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI)

“…The DSM Axis II system for classifying personality disorders (PDs) has been widely criticized (Eysenck, Wakefield, & Friedman, 1983;Livesley & Jackson, 1986;Shea, 1992). Nonetheless, in the absence of a clear alternative, it is still extensively used.…”