The DSM-5 is used worldwide to diagnose mental disorders but does not include treatment guidelines. The DSM-5 categorizes 298 mental disorders based on specific criteria like behavior and emotional ...

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 ...

The new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), a compendium of psychiatric diagnoses, will be released this month. DSM-5 has been heralded by its authors and publishers (the ...