Psychiatric Social Work
Social Work / Mental Illness/ Psychiatric disorders/ Classification / Social work in psychiatric field/psychiatric social work/ICD -10/DSM-IV/WHO classification/Social Work practices Classification of Mental Disorders Classification • A process by which complex phenomena are organized into categories, classes / ranks. • It deals with epidemiology, symptomatology, prognostic factors, treatment methods and new theories. Major classifications 1. ICD -10 (1992) 2. DSM-IV(1994) Social Work / Mental Illness/ Psychiatric disorders/ Classification / Social work in psychiatric field/psychiatric social work/ICD -10/DSM-IV/WHO classification/Social Work practices ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Disease & Related Health Problems) • WHO’s classification for all diseases & related health problems • ‘F’ stands psychiatric disorder as mental & behavioural disorder • Codes them on a