American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125
Number 10S
April 1969

Article

Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Origin of the Problem

MORTON KRAMER

Publication date: 01 April 1969

Pages1–11

Many investigators have noted the large differences that have persisted over the years between the rates of first admissions to the mental hospitals of England and Wales and those of the U. S. for affective disorders, schizophrenia, and psychosis with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10S.1

Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Methodology and Planning

JOSEPH ZUBIN

Publication date: 01 April 1969

Pages12–20

The author describes the instruments that have been developed to provide an objective basis for making reliable diagnoses in the cross-national study. Armed with these tools, the investigators designed an experimental approach to examining patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10S.12

Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Some Results from the First Comparative Investigation

Publication date: 01 April 1969

Pages21–29

Consecutive admissions to a U. S. state hospital and to an English area mental hospital were compared to investigate the source of observed differences between the two countries in the frequencies of diagnoses given to hospitalized patients. Although ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10S.21

Cross-National Study of Diagnosis of the Mental Disorders: Some Comparisons of Diagnostic Criteria from the First Investigation

Publication date: 01 April 1969

Pages30–39

A sample of patients from a New York and a London mental hospital were compared so as to point out any differences between the two hospitals in the criteria associated with a hospital diagnosis of either schizophrenia or affective illness. Groups of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.10S.30