Assigning things to their proper class: taxonomic issues and trends in psychiatry

Banzato, Cláudio Eduardo Muller

doi:10.1590/1415-47142002001002

Abstracts

In this article the author examines some of the taxonomic challenges still facing diagnostic classification in psychiatry, especially those mentioned in Hempel’s important work entitled Fundamentals on Taxonomy. New trends in research and classification are also discussed.

O autor explora alguns dos desafios taxonômicos ainda enfrentados pelas classificações diagnósticas em psiquiatria, enfatizando aqueles mencionados por Hempel em seu influente Fundamentals on taxonomy. Novas tendências de pesquisa e de classificação também são apontadas.

Classification; taxonomy; diagnosis; psychiatry

Classificação; taxonomia; diagnóstico; psiquiatria

El autor explora algunos de los desafíos taxonómicos que son todavía enfrentados por las clasificaciones diagnósticas en psiquiatría, enfatizando los mencionados por Hempel en su influyente Fundamentals on taxonomy. Nuevas tendencias de investigación y clasificación son también proporcionadas.

Clasificación; taxonomía; diagnóstico; psiquiatría

L’auteur explore quelques uns des défis taxonomiques encore rencontrés par les classifications diagnostiques en psychiatrie, en soulignant particulièrement ceux mentionnés par Hempel dans son ouvrage influent Fundamentals on taxonony. De nouvelles tendances de recherche et de classification sont également indiquées ici.

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References

BANZATO, C.E.M. Sobre a distinção entre “critério” e “sintoma” na nosologia psiquiátrica. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental, São Paulo, v. III, n. 3, p. 9-17, 2000.
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Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
Jan-Mar 2002

History

Received
Nov 2001
Accepted
Feb 2002

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[1] BANZATO, C.E.M. Sobre a distinção entre “critério” e “sintoma” na nosologia psiquiátrica. Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental, São Paulo, v. III, n. 3, p. 9-17, 2000.

[2] BURTON, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), First Partition, Section I, Member 3, Subsection 4. New York: NYRB, 2001, p. 177.

[3] FEINSTEIN, A. How psychiatry lost its way. An open letter in reply to Paul McHugh. Int. J. Soc. Psychiatry, v. 46, n. 3, p. 232-5, 2000.

[4] GUIMÓN, J. The biases of psychiatric diagnosis. Brit. J. Psychiatry, n. 154 (suppl. 4), p. 33-7, 1989.

[5] HEMPEL, C.G. Fundamentals of taxonomy. In: SADLER, J.Z., WIGGINS, O.P., SCHWARTZ, M. (eds.). Philosophical Perspectives on Psychiatric Diagnostic Classification Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. p. 315-31.

[6] JABLENSKY, A. Methodological issues in psychiatric classification. Brit. J. Psychiatry, n. 152 (suppl. 1), p. 15-20, 1988.

[7] KENDLER, K.S. Toward a scientific psychiatric nosology. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, n. 47, p. 969-73, 1990.

[8] MEZZICH, J.E., ALMEIDA-FILHO, N. Epidemiology and diagnostic systems in psychiatry. Acta Psychiatr. Scand, n. 90 (suppl. 385), p. 61-5, 1994.

[9] MILLON, T. Classification in psychopathology: rationale, alternatives, and standards. J. Abnorm. Psychol v. 100, n. 3, p. 245-61, 1991.

[10] PICHOT, P. Nosological models in psychiatry. Brit. J. Psychiatry, n. 164, p. 232-40, 1994.

[11] SPITZER, M. Psychiatry, philosophy, and the problem of description. In: SPITZER, M., UEHLEIN, F.A., OEPEN, G. (eds). Psychopathology and Philosophy Berlin, Heidelberg: SpringerVerlag; 1988. p. 3-18.

[12] VAN PRAAG, H.M. Reconquest of the subjective: against the waning of psychiatric diagnosing. Brit. J. Psychiatry, n. 160, p. 266-71, 1992.