To a cacophony of boos, so-whats and even a few cheers, the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, on May 18 ...

Attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), a new and controversial diagnosis for potential inclusion in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is ...

Over the past four decades, educators, clinicians, and researchers have become increasingly aware that there are children who have no problem with purely verbal activities, and may even be verbally ...

DSM-5 will adopt this diagnostic term to align with the rest of the medical, educational, and advocacy communities. Intellectual disability is based on clinical assessment and standardized testing of ...

My biggest concern regarding DSM 5 is that it will dramatically increase the rates of mental disorder and cheapen the currency of psychiatric diagnosis. The DSM 5 proposals do this two ways: 1) by ...

New autism diagnosis criteria — based on the latest psychiatric handbook – DSM-5 — may leave fewer children qualifying for autism resources. What does that mean for your child currently diagnosed with ...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been published since 1952 The American Psychiatric Association%27s latest revision will be released Saturday Agency to focus on finding causes ...

“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 ...

“Mental disorders,” in stark contrast, are nominal or classificatory kinds: They are names or descriptions of clusters of ...

May 30, 2007 — In a large study of psychiatric outpatients, their eating disorders were mainly classed as "not otherwise specified" (NOS) — rather than as bulimia, anorexia, or binge eating — and most ...

The autism community is a fractious bunch. We argue over the causes of autism, the best treatments, or even if it should be treated at all. But we do share a common anxiety: the DSM-5. This latest ...

PBF is supported by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship. In the last two years PBF has received equipment for research from Brainsway Ltd, Medtronic Ltd and MagVenture A/S and funding for research from ...