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Emerging Experience with New Categories in the ICD-11: Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder

June 27, 2022

What is compulsive sexual behaviour disorder and how will this new diagnosis impact individuals and countries?

Emerging Experience with New Categories in the ICD-11: Gaming Disorder

June 20, 2022

The inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 provides a standardized way for clinicians to diagnose and also allows for more evidence-based treatment methods to be developed.

In Classification

Emerging Experience with New Categories in the ICD-11: Prolonged Grief Disorder

By GCPN Editor

June 13, 2022

Identifying and recognizing prolonged grief disorder can help to ensure people receive appropriate and specialized treatment.

In Classification

Emerging Experience with New Categories in the ICD-11: Complex PTSD

By GCPN Editor

June 6, 2022

Complex PTSD is a new diagnostic category in the ICD-11. Why was it added and what are the implications?

In Classification, Disorders Specifically Associated with Stress

EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support – a Joint WHO and UNICEF Initiative

By GCPN Editor

May 19, 2022

Feasible and reliable competency tools for global mental health are especially important as interventions are implemented and scaled up in the field.

In Services and Systems

An International Field Study of the ICD-11 Behavioural Indicators for Disorders of Intellectual Development

By GCPN Editor

April 15, 2022

Accurate diagnoses are important, especially when supporting children and adolescents with disorders of intellectual development.

In Classification

Telehealth Use Among Mental Health Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Wave 1 of GCPN Study

By GCPN Editor

March 29, 2022

This international and multilingual study indicates a shift in global practices with increased use of telehealth.

In GCP.Network, Services and Systems

ICD-11: Enhancing Global Health with Stronger Information

By GCPN Editor

March 16, 2022

The ICD-11 brings several new advantages for improving health globally.

In Classification, GCP.Network, ICD-11 Implementation

ICD-11 Implementation in China: Interview with Dr. Min Zhao and Dr. Jiang Long

By GCPN Editor

January 27, 2022

In the past decade, our team and colleagues in China have been part of multiple International Advisory Groups and Working Groups for the revision and testing of the ICD-11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements (CDDR).

In GCP.Network, ICD-11 Implementation

ICD-11 Implementation in Scotland: Interview with Dr. John Mitchell

By GCPN Editor

December 2, 2021

Insights and advice from Dr. John Mitchell, Government Advisor and Chair of the ICD-11 Implementation Group in Scotland.

In GCP.Network, ICD-11 Implementation

World Health Organization Mental Health Atlas 2020

By GCPN Editor

October 28, 2021

On 8 October 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the newest version of the Mental Health Atlas. The Mental Health Atlas is an ongoing project of the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Use (…)

In GCP.Network

Proposed Diagnostic Guidelines for Anxiety and Fear-Related Disorders in the ICD-11

By Cary Kogan

February 9, 2017

In ICD-11, Anxiety and Fear-Related Disorders that manifest across the lifespan are brought together under a new grouping.

In Anxiety and Fear-Related Disorders

Tackling Premature Death in People with Schizophrenia

By Scott Stroup

December 12, 2016

People diagnosed with schizophrenia die prematurely at an alarmingly high rate. The main causes of premature death among people with schizophrenia are medical illnesses that are preventable and treatable.

In Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychotic Disorders

Waiting for Decriminalization of Suicide in India: 153 Years and Still Counting

By Pratap Sharan

December 12, 2016

For the first time in over three and a half decades, a bill created by the Indian federal government seeks to decriminalize suicide, but the bill must be approved by the Indian Parliament (..)

In Suicide

Is Being Transgender a Mental Disorder?

By Rebeca Robles

October 26, 2016

Having a transgender identity is conceived as a mental disorder in current classification systems (ICD-10 and DSM-5).

In Sexual Health and Gender

You Can Hear a Lot by Listening

By Michael C. Roberts

June 6, 2016

The WHO ICD approach has been to work with practicing clinicians around the world to gain their astute input about their perceptions and what they are seeing in their practices.

In Classification

Improving Identification and Treatment of Eating Disorders

By Angélica Medeiros Claudino

June 6, 2016

The ICD-11 represents a significant advance in classification of Feeding and Eating Disorders.

In Feeding and Eating Disorders

What I’ve Learned from Mental Health Professionals

By Geoffrey M. Reed

June 6, 2016

Over the past 20 years, I have learned a great deal from mental health professionals. These lessons have informed the development of the ICD-11 chapter on Mental and Behavioural Disorders.

In GCP.Network

When Was the Last Time You Were Invited to Make History?

By Kathleen Marie Pike

June 6, 2016

From Arpanet to Internet to GCP.Network

In GCP.Network

Managing Mental Disorders in Primary Care

By María Elena Medina-Mora

May 29, 2016

WHO is developing simple, effective tools based on the ICD-11 for identifying and managing mental disorders in primary care.

In Primary Care