Both the ICD classification of mental disorders, and its American counterpart, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) efforts have taken pains to make diagnostic classification accountable as examples of public policy.
Les efforts de la classification CIM des maladies mentales, et de son homologue américain, le Manuel diagnostique et statistique des maladies mentales (DSM) de l’American Psychiatric Association, ont pris la peine de responsabiliser ces classifications comme exemples de politique publique.