Dissociation : Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 204-208 : The concept of dissociation and conversion in the new edition of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10)
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Date
1990-12
Authors
Orengo Garcia, Francisco
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Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation
Abstract
In this article, the author discusses the changes in the new edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) related to dissociative and conversion disorders. He comments on the elimination of the concept of hysteria, the introduction of a new group of dissociative (neurotic) disorders and the creation of a new category of organic (dissociative) conversion disorders. The author discusses the differences and similarities of the current edition in regard to the previous (ICD-9) and the influence of the DSM-III-R on the ICD-10.
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p. 204-208