Wednesday 22 July 15:40
- 17:10
Hall: 18 - Room 15 SA
Chair:
Watts Ann
Discussant:
Ritchie Pierre L-J
Division: Division 6: Clinical and Community Psychology
This symposium addresses the translation, dissemination, and implementation of the World Health Organization's Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements for ICD-11 Mental, Behavioural, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CDDR) around the world, with a particular focus on the Italian and Spanish versions. The CDDR is the diagnostic manual for use of the Eleventh Revision of WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) by mental health professionals across the globe in clinical settings, teaching and training, research, and statistical reporting. Since WHO published the CDDR in March 2024, its English edition has been downloaded more than 250,000 times (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240077263). Integration of the ICD-11 into country-level clinical systems and national health information systems is ongoing and varies by country. Many countries plan to fully integrate the ICD-11 by 2027, creating a strong need for local translations of the CDDR and related training materials. These developments will have a major impact on the teaching and practice of psychology, and for this reason are a critical topic for the Congress. Our first speaker, Dr. Geoffrey M. Reed, was Project Director for the CDDR, and continues to work closely with WHO on licensing and supporting CDDR translations, and ICD-11 implementation and training programmes. Our second speaker, Dr. Mario Luciano, was one of the main figures involved in the Italian field studies of the ICD-11 and the development of the Italian translation of the CDDR, the first WHO-authorized non-English version to be published. Our third speaker, Dr. José Luis Ayuso-Mateos, occupied several leadership roles during the development of the ICD-11 CDDR, including the Spanish field studies. He is leading the publication of the Spanish CDDR, which will be published before the Congress. The chair and both discussants have each served as psychology's main representative to WHO, and were integrally involved in the development and testing of the CDDR.
