There is extensive discussion on the quality of education and support for individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) in relation to inclusion and full citizenship. The discussions are complicated because of differences or lack of clarity in the description of the variations and types of PIMD. A description of the core…

Examined the relationship of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory high-point codes and the diagnostic system of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual III. Identified 24 code types from a private psychiatric clinic sample (N=261). Presented the resulting clusters of diagnostic classification and a narrative summation for each code type.…

Claims implicit scientific paradigms of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III-Revised (DSM-III-R) and family therapy to be incompatible. Notes DSM-III-R views symptoms arising from processes occurring within individuals while family therapy sees symptoms as arising from processes occurring within family systems. Suggests…

Developed sorting rules to identify Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory configurations and applied these to patients with chronic low back pain, migraine headaches, hypertension, and diabetes (N=157). Results showed that profile types did not differ in frequency among the groups but were more elevated in the back pain patients. (LLL)

In reference to Johs. Clausen's article, Quo Vadis, AAMD?'', appearing in the same journal, the author generally disagrees with Clausen's viewpoints on the classification of mental deficiency. (CB)

Explored is the possibility that two distinct patterns of hyperkinesis exist (hyperactive and hyperreactive), each with its own behavioral and etiological features. (KW)

Assessed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) interpretations within a college counseling center by evaluating classification rates and diagnostic accuracy of four actuarial and two one-point code systems. Only the one-point code systems classified a large percentage of the college student sample (N=412), diagnosed as neurotic,…

Using the original validation sample for the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery, a discriminant function analysis was performed to determine the best set of weights for the measures in its Impairment Index. Findings suggest that an empirically derived set of weights is probably no more useful than equal weighting commonly used. (SLD)

The definition of mental disorder in the third edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-III-R) explains that a disorder is harmful and represents a dysfunction, but it fails to capture the idea of dysfunction. Ideas for increasing the conceptual validity of the definition are presented. (SLD)

This study compared the ICD-10 criteria for Asperger syndrome with those suggested by Gillberg with 200 children and adults who met ICD-10 criteria for autism. Comparison indicated only three subjects met ICD-10 criteria for Asperger syndrome whereas 91 met Gillberg's criteria. The discrepancy appeared due to the specific "normal development"…

Current educational practices for classifying and serving students with mental health disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been associated with specific problems. These include the stigma of labeling, misalignment of school-based categories (e.g., E/BD, OHI) with clinical diagnoses, and concerns regarding the provision of…

While a majority of cognitive behavioural researchers and clinicians adhere to the classification system provided in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV)," strong objections have been voiced among behaviourists who find the dichotomous allocation of patients into psychiatric diagnoses incompatible with the philosophy…

In the wake of developments in France and the United States where early psychiatrists such as Pinel, Esquirol, Belhomme and Seguin advocated "moral treatment" of the insane and classified"idiots" and "imbeciles" as incurable though educable, the Revd C. E. Van Koetsveld initiated his "School for Idiots" in…