This post is in response to How Psychologists Can Help Correct DSM5 By Allen J Frances M.D. Psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances deserves congratulations and gratitude for his recent posting here at ...

Last week, I had a brief, but heated debate with a friend who is on the DSM 5 Task Force. He is strongly supporting a proposed new diagnosis for DSM 5 that I oppose just as strongly. Surprisingly, I ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...

It's been just over a year since the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and new research shows that ...

The diagnostic manual known as "the Bible of psychiatry" is about to get a major overhaul. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) puts out the tome known in the field as the DSM-5. That stands for ...

Publication of the final results of the field trials for the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) has prompted renewed criticism from one of its most ...