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Review
. 2020 Mar;22(1):7-15.
doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.1/wgaebel.

Changes from ICD-10 to ICD-11 and future directions in psychiatric classification

Wolfgang Gaebel  1 , Johannes Stricker  1 , Ariane Kerst  1
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Review

Changes from ICD-10 to ICD-11 and future directions in psychiatric classification

Wolfgang Gaebel et al. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2020 Mar.

Abstract
in English, Spanish, French

This article provides a brief overview of the changes from ICD-10 to ICD-11 regarding the classification of mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders. These changes include a new chapter structure, new diagnostic categories, changes in diagnostic criteria, and steps towards dimensionality. Additionally, we review evaluative field studies of ICD-11, which provide preliminary evidence for higher reliability and clinical utility of ICD-11 compared with ICD-10. Despite the extensive revision process, changes from ICD-10 to ICD-11 were relatively modest in that both systems are categorical, classifying mental phenomena based on self-reported or clinically observable symptoms. Other recent approaches to psychiatric nosology and classification (eg, neurobiology-based or hierarchical) are discussed. To meet the needs of different user groups, we propose expanding the stepwise approach to diagnosis introduced for some diagnostic categories in ICD-11, which includes categorical and dimensional elements. .

Este artículo entrega una breve descripción de los cambios de la CIE-10 a la CIE-11 con respecto a la clasificación de los trastornos mentales, conductuales o trastornos del neurodesarrollo. Estos cambios incluyen una nueva estructura del capítulo, nuevas categorías diagnósticas, cambios en los criterios diagnósticos y pasos hacia un enfoque dimensional. Además, se revisan los estudios de campo de evaluación para la CIE-11, que proporcionan evidencia preliminar de una mayor confiabilidad y utilidad clínica de la CIE-11 en comparación con la CIE-10. A pesar del extenso proceso de revisión, los cambios de la CIE-10 a la CIE-11 fueron relativamente pocos en el sentido de que ambos sistemas son categoriales y clasifican los fenómenos mentales en base a síntomas auto-reportados o que sean clínicamente observables. Se discuten otros enfoques recientes de la nosología y de la clasificación psiquiátrica (por ejemplo, basados en la neurobiología o de acuerdo a jerarquías). Para satisfacer las necesidades de diferentes grupos de usuarios, se propone expandir el enfoque gradual del diagnóstico introducido para algunas categorías diagnósticas de la CIE-11, que incluye elementos categoriales y dimensionales.

Cet article propose un aperçu des évolutions entre la CIM-10 et la CIM-11 concernant la classification des troubles mentaux, comportementaux ou neurodéveloppementaux. Un nouveau chapitre, de nouvelles catégories diagnostiques, des critères diagnostiques modifiés et des étapes dimensionnelles ont été ajoutés. De plus, nous examinons les données préliminaires issues d’études de terrain d’évaluation de la CIM-11, en faveur d’une plus grande fiabilité et utilité de cette dernière comparée à la CIM-10. Les modifications de la CIM-10 vers la CIM-11 sont relativement modestes malgré une révision étendue, les deux systèmes restant catégoriels et les troubles mentaux étant classés d’après des symptômes auto-rapportés ou cliniquement observables. Nous analysons d’autres approches récentes de la nosologie et de la classification psychiatriques (selon la neurobiologie ou hiérarchiquement par exemple). Certaines catégories diagnostiques de la CIM-11 pourraient bénéficier selon nous de cette méthode progressive en incluant des éléments catégoriels et dimensionnels.

Keywords: International Classification of Diseases; behavioral or neurodevelopmental
disorder; diagnosis; diagnostic guideline; mental.

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