The Glossary of Mental Disorders issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the recent Classification of Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood proposed by the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, are used as the basis of a proposed uniform classificatory procedure. This has involved consideration of the structure and functions of classifications in general, and discussion of some criteria of sound classification.
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