Comparison of psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses in Denmark and Germany

A dataset of psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses from the Danish case register concerning psychiatric hospitals was compared with a sample of psychiatric diagnoses from 27 psychiatric hospitals in Germany. The comparison shows a higher proportion of F1 diagnoses in the German dataset and a difference in th...

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Published in:	Psychopathology Vol. 35; no. 1; p. 36
Main Authors:	Lange, W, Munk-Jørgensen, P, Bertelsen, A, Schürmann, A, Michels, R, Malchow, C P, Dilling, H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland 01-01-2002
Subjects:	Adjustment Disorders - diagnosis Adjustment Disorders - epidemiology Adult Aged Alcoholism - diagnosis Alcoholism - epidemiology Databases, Factual Denmark - epidemiology Female Germany - epidemiology Hospitals, Psychiatric - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Middle Aged Schizophrenia, Paranoid - diagnosis Schizophrenia, Paranoid - epidemiology Denmark Germany
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Summary:	A dataset of psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses from the Danish case register concerning psychiatric hospitals was compared with a sample of psychiatric diagnoses from 27 psychiatric hospitals in Germany. The comparison shows a higher proportion of F1 diagnoses in the German dataset and a difference in the coding of alcohol dependence and harmful use. Some further differences in the groups F0-F6 are demonstrated and some of them are discussed. The most frequent diagnoses found in both datasets but in different sequence are alcohol dependence syndrome and paranoid schizophrenia and, in third place, adjustment disorder. Various aspects of the problem of rarely used diagnoses are discussed.
ISSN:	0254-4962
DOI:	10.1159/000056214