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Further developments of the ‘Present State Examination’ and CATEGO system

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Some further developments of the PSE and CATEGO system are reported. The shorter ninth revision of the PSE, together with its glossary of definitions of symptoms, has proved useful in skilled hands and certain sources of error in the eighth edition have been reduced. The Syndrome Check List and Aetiology Schedule have proved useful in decreasing the number of coding errors.

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  1. MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, SE5 8AF, London, England

    John Wing & Janice Nixon

  2. Nervenklinik der Universität München, D-8000, München, Federal Republic of Germany

    Michael von Cranach & Anton Strauss

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Wing, J., Nixon, J., von Cranach, M. et al. Further developments of the ‘Present State Examination’ and CATEGO system. Arch. Psychiat. Nervenkr. 224, 151–160 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346483

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