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Daley, Tamara C.; Sigman, Marian D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
Diagnostic criteria for autism and background characteristics used by 937 Indian psychiatrists, psychologists, and pediatricians were examined. Generally, the three professions agreed about the characteristics most necessary for a diagnosis and these characteristics were in line with standards of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (III and IV).…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Foreign Countries
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Parkar, Shubhangi R.; Dawani, Varsha; Weiss, Mitchell G. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
Patients' accounts complement psychiatric assessment of deliberate self-harm (DSH). In this study we examined psychiatric disorders, and sociocultural and cross-cultural features of DSH. SCID diagnostic interviews and a locally adapted EMIC interview were used to study 196 patients after DSH at a general hospital in Mumbai, India. Major depression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clinical Diagnosis, Self Destructive Behavior, Psychiatry