Commentary: The language of diagnosis - reflections on Rutter (2011).

摘要

Professor Rutter's account of the issues involved in making diagnostic schemes is characteristically authoritative and lucid (Rutter, 2011). It deserves the careful attention of everyone involved in the current revisions for DSM-V and ICD-11, and indeed of everyone involved in the clinical use of diagnoses. My purpose here is to obscure some of the clarity and explore the implications of what seem to me the most controversial points.