New research has called into question the accuracy of new diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as outlined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...
This post is in response to DSM 5 to the Barricades on Grief By Allen J Frances M.D. There is a rising hysteria regarding the forthcoming DSM-5, the diagnostic manual of mental disorders due to be ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Field testing of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable, according to initial reviews ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The now familiar term "Asperger's disorder" is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But ...
NEW ORLEANS -- At the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, MedPage Today sat down with Paul Appelbaum, MD, chair of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) ...