Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2015 Volume 143, Issue 5-6, Pages: 369-372
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1506369S
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Changes needed in the classification of anxiety disorders in childhood: Options for ICD-11
Stanković Miodrag (Clinical Center, Clinic for Mental Health Protection, Niš + Faculty of Medicine, Niš)
Grbeša Grozdanko (Clinical Center, Clinic for Mental Health Protection, Niš + Faculty of Medicine, Niš)
Kostić Jelena (Clinical Center, Clinic for Mental Health Protection, Niš)
Stanković Sandra (Clinical Center, Clinic for Child Internal Diseases, Niš)
Stevanović Jelena (General Hospital, Leskovac)
Considering the intensive preparation of the 11th revision of the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), we discussed the
justification of the existing classification of emotional disorders with
onset specific to childhood. This paper presents the citations from the
ICD-10 (F93 block) and the authors’ comments as a critical review of the
justification of further existence of emotional disorders with onset specific
to childhood as a separate block in ICD-11 classification. We concluded that
the block F93 is insufficiently defined and should be completely changed or
removed from the ICD-11 classification. Additionally, the specificities of
the clinical picture of anxiety disorders in children should be adequately
described within the future category of anxiety and phobic disorders by
giving an explicit set of instructions for identifying clinical
manifestations which vary by age.
Keywords: emotional disorders with onset specific to childhood, anxiety disorders, ICD-10, ICD-11