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 ...

DSM-5 has been restructured to consist of three sections in addition to the Preface, Classification of Coding, and Appendix. The new manual has removed the multiaxial organization (Axes I-V) of ...

“I use it as a doorstop.” That was the response I got from a psychiatrist when I gestured at his copy of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)-TR-IV and asked what he thought ...

Accurate diagnosis is absolutely crucial in SVP hearings because the potential outcome is so consequential - involuntary incarceration in a psychiatric hospital that may well last a lifetime. In no ...

Development of a geriatric vulnerability score (GVS) in elderly advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) patients (pts) treated in first line: A prospective GINECO trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

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) ...

Anxiety disorders have multiple subtypes each of which is characterized by unnecessary worry that can be distressing to the patient. Diagnosis is made using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

More than half the experts who compile the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have ties to the pharmaceutical industry, according to a study published last month in the journal ...

March 20, 2012 — Two researchers have raised concerns that the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) has been unduly influenced by the pharmaceutical ...

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 ...

The Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) provides standard criteria for the diagnosis of mental disorders worldwide. Thus, changes to the criteria can have far-reaching ...