Third, Fava concludes, excessive reliance on checklist criteria is likely to “impoverish the clinical process” and clinical formulation itself, including of the kind that could anchor a patient’s ...

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 ...

The American Psychiatric Association has announced big upcoming changes to psychiatry’s big book of mental disorders, the DSM ...

Prior to the release of DSM-5 in 2013, I referred at times to the pocket copy of DSM IV parked in my office bookcase. The main reason was to enter the right diagnostic codes on insurance forms. I also ...

Under the new rules for diagnosing autism, fewer people may be diagnosed with the condition than before, a study in the Jan. 22 JAMA Psychiatry suggests. For example, in a group of 6,577 8-year-olds ...

September 20, 2007 -- A survey of a nationally representative sample of 8- to 15-year-old American children found that 8.7% met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed ( ...

What is different about DSM-5? In the last 10 years, we have seen tremendous advances in imaging, genetic and other technologies that are allowing us to link theory with actual physical findings in a ...

The controversial revision to psychiatrists' "bible" of diagnostic criteria has finally arrived. The American Psychiatric Association released its fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical ...

DSM-5, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, is due to be published soon. This is the book used to diagnose mental disorders, including autism. The new version makes some changes ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The Primary Care PTSD screen for the DSM-5 effectively ...