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Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, DC:0-5

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This chapter presents an overview of the background, rationale for and content of the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood Disorders, DC:0-5. Building upon previous efforts, this comprehensive nosology of early childhood disorders was constructed by striking a balance between placing a high value on having criteria and disorders that are empirically grounded and prioritizing dissemination of criteria and disorders that are clinically useful and meaningful.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Charles H. Zeanah & Silai Mirzoy

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Joy D. Osofsky

  2. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, DeWitt, MI, USA

    Hiram E. Fitzgerald

  3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bar Ilan University Azrieli Medical School, Safed, Israel

    Miri Keren

  4. Department of Child Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Kaija Puura

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Zeanah, C.H., Mirzoy, S. (2024). Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, DC:0-5. In: Osofsky, J.D., Fitzgerald, H.E., Keren, M., Puura, K. (eds) WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48631-9_11

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