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Diagnosis-Treatment Relationships in Psychiatry: A Statistical Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. Bannister ,
Phillida Salmon  and
D. M. Leiberman
D. Bannister
Affiliation:
Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Bexley, Kent
Phillida Salmon
Affiliation:
Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Bexley, Kent
D. M. Leiberman
Affiliation:
Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Bexley, Kent
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The diagnostic classificatory system in use in modern psychiatry appears to be the product of countless acts of “subjective factor analysis”. Psychiatrists have observed that particular symptoms tend to occur in clusters, and these clusters have been labelled and given a status akin to that of disease entities in general medicine. It is a continually developing empirical system, and it is customary to reexamine such systems periodically to assess the state of current practice and its validity.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 468 , September 1964 , pp. 726 - 732
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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