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Comparing Across Diagnostic Systems

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Prevalence figures produced under the DSM and under the ICD are not directly comparable, because their criteria and thresholds differ.

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The same population yields different rates for a disorder depending on which manual defined it.

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Always check which system a statistic came from. The two are largely aligned and never identical.

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