DSM-III in the Training of British Psychiatrists: a National Survey

N. Macaskill, J. Geddes and A. Macaskill
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N. Macaskill: Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield S10 3TL, UK
J. Geddes: Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
A. Macaskill: Department of Health Studies, Sheffield City Polytechnic

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1991, vol. 37, issue 3, 182-186

Abstract: All 223 psychiatric clinical tutors in the UK were surveyed on their use of DSM-111 in their postgraduate training programmes. Results indicate that DSM-III is widely used in clinical training to some extent in the majority of schemes (73%) and in the schemes where it is used it is rated as moderately useful by nearly everyone (93%). DSM-III is generally perceived to have positive effects on learning basic elements of psychopathology and in offering a common language for diagnostic discussion. Interestingly only 16% of users felt that DSM-III was so complicated that it impeded rather than facilitated the teaching of diagnosis. Few schemes provide specific teaching courses and case conferences provide the major forum for teaching DSM- III.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1177/002076409103700304

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