The WPA is supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) in the process of development of the chapter on mental disorders of the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
The WPA Past-President, M. Maj, is a member of the International Advisory Group for the ICD-10 Revision and the chairperson of the Working Group on Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Several WPA officers or experts have been appointed as chairpersons or members of ICD-11 Working Groups. The chairpersons include W. Gaebel (Working Group on Psychotic Disorders), P. Tyrer (Working Group on Personality Disorders), L. Salvador-Carulla (Working Group on Intellectual Disabilities), O. Gureje (Working Group on Somatic Distress and Dissociative Disorders), and D. Stein (Working Group on Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders).
WPA Member Societies have participated in the WPA/WHO Global Survey of Psychiatrists’ Attitudes Towards Mental Disorders Classification 1, whose results are significantly influencing the revision process. Several WPA Member Societies and experts are being or will be involved in ICD-11 field trials and in the various translations/adaptations of the diagnostic system. The WPA is actively contributing to the process of harmonization between the ICD-11 and the DSM-5.
World Psychiatry is one of the main channels through which the international psychiatric community is following the ICD-11 development. A special article authored by the ICD-11 International Advisory Group, summarizing the philosophy of the entire process, has been published in the journal 2, as well as the first report of the Working Group on Intellectual Disabilities 3, and many papers relevant to the ICD-11 development 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30. Several papers produced by the Working Group on Mood and Anxiety Disorders will be collected in a special supplement to the journal. The production of further supplements is planned. All the above articles are or will be available on the WPA website (www.wpanet.org).
References
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