Dilling H, Freyberger H J, Malchow C P
Department of Psychiatry, Lübeck Medical University, FRG.
Pharmacopsychiatry. 1990 Jun;23 Suppl 4:142-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1014553.
The study design of the international multicentric field trial on ICD-10, chapter V (F) "Mental, Behavioural and Developmental Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines" (1987 draft) including some modifications for the study in German-speaking countries, is described. The various stages of the field trial, instruments used, and the data base, are presented.