American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Nomenclature and Statistics

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The American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Nomenclature and Statistics was the expert committee responsible for developing and standardizing the diagnostic criteria and classification system for mental disorders used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

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instanceOf APA committee
expert committee
psychiatric task force
affiliation American Psychiatric Association NERFINISHED
basedOn available psychiatric research at the time of each DSM edition
clinical expertise of its members
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
field nosology
psychiatric classification
psychiatric epidemiology
psychiatry
psychopathology
hasOutput classification system for mental disorders
diagnostic criteria for mental disorders
guidelines for psychiatric statistics
standardized psychiatric terminology
influenced international psychiatric classification practices
mental health policy in the United States
training of mental health professionals
language English
notableWork Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, First Edition NERFINISHED
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Second Edition NERFINISHED
notResponsibleFor development of DSM-III
partOf American Psychiatric Association NERFINISHED
precededBy earlier informal APA committees on nomenclature
purpose to create a uniform system for diagnosing mental disorders
to facilitate psychiatric research through standardized categories
to improve reliability of psychiatric diagnosis
responsibleFor development of DSM-I
development of DSM-II
development of diagnostic criteria for mental disorders
development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
standardization of psychiatric nomenclature
standardization of psychiatric statistics
scope behavioral disorders
mental disorders
personality disorders
substance-related disorders
usedBy clinical psychologists
mental health professionals
psychiatrists
researchers in mental health
usedIn clinical diagnosis of mental disorders
epidemiological studies of mental disorders
health insurance and administrative coding of psychiatric conditions

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DSM-III contributor American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Nomenclature and Statistics