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A new meta-structure of mental disorders: a helpful step into the future or a harmful step back to the past?

A commentary on ‘A Proposal for a meta-structure for DSM-V and ICD-11’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

H.-U. Wittchen ,
K. Beesdo  and
A. T. Gloster
H.-U. Wittchen*
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
K. Beesdo
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
A. T. Gloster
Affiliation:
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany
*
*Address for correspondence: H.-U. Wittchen, Ph.D., Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, Germany. (Email: wittchen@psychologie.tu-dresden.de)
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Classificationmental disorderspsychopathologystructure
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Thematic section: A proposal for a meta-structure for DSM-V and ICD-11
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 39 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 2083 - 2089
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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