Social characteristics, the diagnosis of mental disorders, and the change from DSM II to DSM III

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ID2250876
AutoresGary I Schulman (University of California, Santa Barbara), Joseph H Hammer (0000-0002-4028-5878, University of California, Santa Barbara), Joseph Hammer
Año1988
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas543-560
Fecha de publicación1988-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.ep10837190
PMID10291532
OpenAlexW1983831081
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas27

Multivariate analyses are used to examine stability and changes in the predictors of mental illness diagnoses with the introduction of a revised diagnostic system in the U.S. The impact of the shift from DSM II to DSM III is studied in three outpatient clinics. Among our findings is support for the relationship of income and gender to receiving the diagnosis of schizophrenia. This is found both under DSM II and the more behaviorally-based DSM III system. However, minority status, low education, and low income are predictors of the diagnosis of personality disorder under DSM II, but not with the shift to DSM III. These and other similarities and differences in the relationship between classic sociological variables and diagnosis that occur in the comparison of DSM III with DSM II are discussed. Particular attention is given the issue of'bias' in the diagnostic process

DSM-5 · Medical diagnosis · Personality · Personality disorders · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Social Psychology