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ERIC Number: EJ261652
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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DSM III Psychiatric Diagnoses and Special Education Categories.
Forness, Steven R.; Cantwell, Dennis P.
Journal of Special Education, v16 n1 p49-63 Spr 1982
The process of psychiatric diagnosis has recently undergone major revision with the appearance of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III (DSM III). The article examines the new system of multiaxial diagnoses in relation to existing special education categories. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Psychiatry
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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