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Chinese classification of mental disorders * International classification * Treatment principles * Nursing diagnosis and measures * Diagnostic scales
Abstract
The CCMD-3 Task Force has prepared and completed field trials for the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders Version 3 (CCMD-3). It has also worked on the Treatment and Nursing of Mental Disorders Relevant to CCMD-3, and the Rating Test for Health Problems and Diseases as a set of relevant diagnostic scales and software. From 1996 to 2000, the CCMD-3 Task Force has been actively engaged in prospective follow-up field trials aimed at improving the classification and diagnostic criteria of mental disorders in China. A total of 114 psychiatrists from 41 mental health centers and psychiatric hospitals carried out the trials, considering for the 17 adult mental disorders, and 7 mental disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence. Based on the results of the field trials, the Task Force has finalized the CCMD-3. Throughout the phase of initial drafting, each item in CCMD-3 was compared with the corresponding item in the CCMD-2R, and the descriptive definitions were based on the Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines of ICD-10. The diagnostic criteria also refer to the Research Criteria of ICD-10, and the
DSM-IV. Following the decision made by the Chinese Psychiatric Association, CCMD-3 has been published as diagnostic guidelines to be used by all psychiatrists across the country.
Introduction
From 1996 to 2000, the Task Force on the Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders Version 3 (CCMD-3) was actively engaged in a program of work aimed at improving the classification and diagnostic criteria of mental disorders in China. During this period, 114 psychiatrists from 41 mental health centers or psychiatric hospitals participated in field trials and follow-up studies focused on 17 adult mental disorders and 7 mental disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence. Based on the results of the field trials, the CCMD-3 Task Force published, on 20 April 2001, the CCMD-3 [ 1 ] and the Treatment and Nursing of Mental Disorders Relevant to CCMD-3 [2].
Throughout the phase of initial drafting, every item in CCMD-3 was compared with the corresponding item in CCMD-2R [31 of the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines of...