The American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)...
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February 12, 2010
February 4, 2010
Many Physicians Are Not Using Established Criteria To Diagnose Major Depressive Disorder
A new study led by Mark Zimmerman, MD, of Rhode Island Hospital indicates that a majority of non-psychiatrist physicians and a substantial minority of psychiatrists reported that they often do not use the criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) when diagnosing major depressive disorder (MDD) in patients...
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December 11, 2009
DSM-5 Publication Date Moved To May 2013 - American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association revised the timeline for publishing the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, moving the anticipated release date to May 2013. "Extending the timeline will allow more time for public review, field trials and revisions," said APA President Alan Schatzberg, M.D...
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September 23, 2009
A dimensional model of mood and anxiety disorders: Moving towards DSM-V
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. In May 2012, the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is due for publication. As has been the case each time the DSM - our guideline for mental health...
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July 25, 2009
A Simpler Definition For Major Depressive Disorder
Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital's department of psychiatry propose that the definition for major depressive disorder (MDD) should be shortened to include only the mood and cognitive symptoms that have been part of the definition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) for the past 35 years. Their recommendation would exclude those symptoms that are currently part
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May 28, 2009
Psychiatrists Begin Revising Diagnostic Manual For Mental Illnesses
Over the next 18 months, psychiatrists will revise the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is used to determine how U.S. residents' mental health is assessed, diagnosed and treated, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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May 26, 2009
Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible (Chicago Tribune)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, commonly called DSM, is getting an update. Now experts must decide what is a disorder and what falls in the range of normal human behavior. Is the compulsion to hoard things a mental disorder? How about the practice of eating excessively at night?
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