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ICD Diagnostic Guidelines on Personality Disorders #ICD10 #ICDRemediator #ICD10Matters #HealthIT

ICD Diagnostic Guidelines on Personality Disorders

ICD Notes Common to the Diagnostic Criteria for Each Personality Disorder

Personality disorder diagnoses under the ICD-10 system each refer to a set of symptoms specific to that personality disorder and a set of diagnostic guidelines which apply to all personality disorders.



Personality Disorder Description Common to All Personality Disorders



The following information is reproduced verbatim from the ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. (Since the WHO updates the overall ICD on a regular basis, individual classifications within it may or may not change from year to year; therefore, you should always check directly with the WHO to be sure of obtaining the latest revision for any particular individual classification.) It provides the common description and guidelines referenced by the diagnostic criteria for each of the individual personalty disorders.





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