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Icd: International Classification For decades, mental health professionals in Western Europe and a major part of the world used this classification system. The World Health Organization developed ICD. ICD is a comprehensive classification system of all kinds of diseases, including psychological or psychiatric illnesses. For a number of years ICD9 remained a popular diagnostic system. Research, in the last more than a decade, reflected that the revised and improved versions of DSM had an edge over ICD in many respects. Besides, there were no major differences as such in the two systems. Also, the need for a single universally accepted system was intensely felt. Therefore today DSM-IV-TR is recognized as a universally accepted diagnostic system.