World Psychiatric Association

Psychiatry is probably the oldest medical specialty. Even before Hippocratic medieine, it developed steadily in various parts of the world, especially in the Mediterranean and in Europe. The 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries represented a remarkably creative period in this respect:...

Nomenclature and ClassificationPU PROGRAMMES POR WHO DIRECTED TOWARDS IMPR0VIN6 THE NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION IN MENTAL HEALTHNorman Sartorius, M.D. Director, Division of Mentái Health, WHO, Geneva, SwitzerlandThe WHO Constitution lists the standardization of diagnostic procedures and the...