Indian experiences with International Classification of Mental and Behaviour Disorders-10: Pathway for ICD-11.

Background: International Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD)-10 has been serving its purpose in the spheres of diagnosing psychiatric patients, research, and education since long. With ICD-11 is on the horizon, this is the right time to assess issues in the application of these guidelines in routine clinical practice.

Aim: In this study, an effort was made to find out day-to-day difficulties in application of ICD-10.