Campbell R J
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1981 Dec;32(12):849-52. doi: 10.1176/ps.32.12.849.
The knowledge explosion of recent years has generated a language explosion in every field, especially in the behavioral sciences. In addition, existing terms are often used in new, jargonistic, or contradictory ways, and some words have become so popularized that they no longer have validity for scientists. The editor of the fifth edition of the Psychiatric Dictionary tells how terms gain entry into its pages, why some are eliminated, and why some definitions are revised. He discusses how the new categories and nomenclature of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were handled, particularly since clinicians throughout the world have been accustomed to the terminology of DSM-II.
近年来的知识爆炸在各个领域引发了语言爆炸，尤其是在行为科学领域。此外，现有术语常常以新的、行话化的或相互矛盾的方式使用，有些词汇变得如此普及，以至于对科学家来说已不再具有有效性。《精神病学词典》第五版的编辑讲述了术语是如何进入该词典的页面的，为什么有些术语被剔除，以及为什么有些定义被修订。他讨论了《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版中的新类别和命名法是如何处理的，特别是因为世界各地的临床医生已经习惯了《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第二版的术语。
