H. Gutzmann et al., ORGANIC MENTAL-DISORDERS (F0) - RESULTS FROM THE ICD-10 FIELD TRIAL OF THE DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA FOR RESEARCH IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, Psychopathology, 29(5), 1996, pp. 267-273
The results of the ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) field
trial in German-speaking countries concerning section F0 (organic men
tal disorders) are reported, On the comparatively small data basis of
the study, acceptance and interrater-reliability cannot be estimated s
atisfactorily Despite this general problem, it can be said that sectio
n F0 of ICD-10 DCR maintains a high degree of continuity with respect
to ICD-10. Some categories caused diagnostic disturbances and needed f
urther specification, especially the criteria regarding the temporal r
elationship between the onset of an organic disorder and the psychiatr
ic symptomatology. The recently published definite DCR seem to avoid m
ost of the problems of the earlier version used in this study.