De la necessite du diagnostic standardise dans la recherche en psychiatrie biologique. Essai d'integration des 'research diagnostic criteria' dans le systeme AMDP ; On the necessity of standardized diagnosis for the research in biological psychiatry. Trying to integrate 'research diagnostic criteria' in the AMDP system

peer reviewed ; Standardization of diagnosis is an essential preliminary in the clinical research in biological psychiatry. Between the different systems of nosographical selection, Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) are the most internationally diffused. After having recalled the spirit of RDC, we have looked for seven major illnesses (major and minor depressive disorders, endogenomorphic major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, manic disorder, panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder) equivalents of RDC criteria in psychopathological and somatical items of AMDP system. With a minimum... Mehr ...