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It is on its third version, the CCMD-3, written in Chinese and English. The current edition is very similar to the ICD-10 , [ 1 ] and is also influenced by the DSM-IV , [ 2 ] the two main psychiatric typologies used in the rest of the world.
The following diagnostic systems and rating scales are used in psychiatry and clinical psychology. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. This list is by no means exhaustive or complete. For instance, in the category of depression, there are over two dozen depression rating scales that have been developed in the past eighty years.
A version of the test designed for adolescents ages 14 to 18, the MMPI-A, was released in 1992. The youth version was developed to improve measurement of personality, behavior difficulties, and psychopathology among adolescents. It addressed limitations of using the original MMPI among adolescent populations. [26]
Mental health in China is a growing issue. Experts have estimated that about 130 million adults living in China are suffering from a mental disorder. [1] [2] The desire to seek treatment is largely hindered by China's strict social norms (and subsequent stigmas), as well as religious and cultural beliefs regarding personal reputation and social harmony.
The organization developed out of the Chinese Society of Neuro-Psychiatry, which was founded in 1951. This separated into the Chinese Society of Psychiatry and Chinese Society of Neurology in 1994. Since then, successive committees have run the organisation, currently the 3rd Committee, which started in 2003, whose president is Dongfeng Zhou.
Chinese Mental Health Journal (in Chinese). 14 (3): 149– 152. Mann, Jennifer Brooks (1991). Assessment of ADHD: does the addition of continuous performance tests, memory tests, and direct behavioral observations enhance informants' ratings of the child? (Thesis). OCLC 57421458. Strauss, Esther; Sherman, Elizabeth M.; Spreen, Otfried (2006).
The Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS) was created as a complement already existing measures like the Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale and the Young Mania Rating Scale, which were formulated for adults. The purpose of the CMRS is to both assess the symptoms of mania in pediatric bipolar disorder, and to accurately discriminate the symptoms of mania ...
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is an international standard diagnostic classification for a wide variety of health conditions. The ICD-10 states that mental disorder is "not an exact term", although is generally used "...to imply the existence of a clinically recognisable set of symptoms or behaviours associated in most cases with distress and with interference with ...