To a cacophony of boos, so-whats and even a few cheers, the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, on May 18 ...

Overall, there will be fewer symptoms and disorders listed in the new psychiatry manual. Axel Buhrmann MATTERS OF THE MIND – a series which examines the clinician’s bible for diagnosing mental ...

This is the title of a disturbing commentary written by the leaders of the DSM 5 Task Force and published in this month's American Journal of Psychiatry. The contents suggest that we must lower our ...

DSM-5 has been described as the bible of psychiatry but the assumption that professionals use it for their own gain is far fetched. PA DSM-5, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical ...