Robert Spitzer and psychiatric classification: technical challenges and ethical dilemmas.

Authors :: Jacob KS
Source :: Indian journal of medical ethics [Indian J Med Ethics] 2016 Apr-Jun; Vol. 1 (2), pp. 95-100.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Dr Robert Leopold Spitzer (May 22, 1932-December 25, 2015), the architect of modern psychiatric diagnostic criteria and classification, died recently at the age of 83 in Seattle. Under his leadership, the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals (DSM) became the international standard.

Subjects :: History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Mental Disorders classification
Psychiatry ethics
Psychiatry standards
Societies, Scientific ethics
United States
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Ethics, Medical history
Mental Disorders diagnosis
Psychiatry history
Societies, Scientific history

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