W.H.O. publishes the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases Manual (ICD-11)
Published On: March 8, 2024
On March 8th, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the new manual providing clinical descriptions and diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders added in ICD-11 (ICD-11 CDDR). The new diagnostic guidance, reflecting the updates to the ICD-11, includes the following features:
- Guidance on diagnosis for several new categories added in ICD-11, including complex post-traumatic stress disorder, gaming disorder and prolonged grief disorder. This enables improved support to health professionals to better recognize distinct clinical features of these disorders, which may previously have been undiagnosed and untreated.
- The adoption of a lifespan approach to mental, behavioral and neurological disorders, including attention to how disorders appearing in childhood, adolescence, and older adults.
- The provision of culture-related guidance for each disorder, including how disorder presentations may differ systematically by cultural background.
- The incorporation of dimensional approaches, for example in personality disorders, recognizing that many symptoms and disorders exist on a continuum with typical functioning.