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Essay / Mental Health Care Essay - 1259
As defined by the World Health Organization website. ICD is “the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes analysis of the general health situation of population groups. It is used to monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems, thereby providing a picture of the general health situation of countries and populations” (2016). Each ICD diagnosis is associated with a set of numbers and a code. The ICD attempts to be compatible with the DSM but it also has a number of