Classification of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Related Information With The Approach of The International Classification of Diseases

Classification and use of produced aggregate information in health systems and especially in mental and behavioral disorders plays an important role in presenting correct statistics in public health and increasing the health level of the society. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the importance of use of mental and behavioral disorders classification with the approach of international classification of diseases.
This study is a review study that was done in 2016. Related information was acquired through searching in PubMed and Mag Iran data bases, google and yahoo search engine , World Health Organization website and survey in librarian resources and then the collected data were reported based on the study goals.
ICD published by WHO , classified the mental and behavioral disorders in chapter 5 of it. Due to the importance of classification and use of related mental and behavioral information, WHO decided to create and publish a special classification related to it called Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines (CDDG).
Concerning the importance of mental and behavioral related information, the advanced countries in psychology and psychiatry such as the USA has started to design and produce DSM. With regard to the benefits of classification and accurate statistics in different aspects such as treatments, statistics, researches, legal issues etc., it is recommended to use the classification of DSM-5.