Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:953-962
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychotic disorders in DSM-III-R
KS Kendler, RL Spitzer and JB Williams
Department of Psychiatry Genetics, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
The authors review the important changes in the three sections of DSM-
III-R that include only psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, delusional
disorder, and psychotic disorders not elsewhere classified), outline the
rationale for these changes, and, where available, review their empirical
basis. In addition, they review two proposed changes that were not
incorporated into DSM-III-R. They conclude by calling for an increasingly
rigorous and data-based process of nosologic revision.
