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Hoarding Is Now an Official Disorder in the DSM-5

Among the many changes made in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published earlier this month, is the addition of hoarding, recognized as its own disorder. Read more...

The Rumpus Interview with Susan Wright

Susan Wright, activist, writer, and founder of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, sits down to discuss the recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders updates, and what they mean for the kink community.

Attention, everyone

AFTER nearly two decades, the new DSM has arrived. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a 947-page guide to ailments of the mind. Published on May 22nd by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), it lists specific symptoms to be attributed to this disorder or that. Show More Summary

The Genetics of Mental Illness

The new Diagnostics and Statistical Manual, DSM-V, is out. Not surprisingly, it has sparked some controversy. Psychiatry deniers are proclaiming that this is the collapse of the mental-illness fraud (I believe reports of the death of psychiatry are exaggerated). What the DSM-V does represent, to some degree, is an attempt to advance psychiatry to the [...]

New DSM Launches Amidst Controversy

After much research and debate, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been rolled out.

Of Mice and DSM

Flickr/Mark Turnauckas C ommonly referred to as "the DSM," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is often referred to as psychiatry's "Bible." If that's the case, imagine the outcry if an overzealous publisher merged...Show More Summary

Fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published

The DSM-5 Is Not Crazy

Several new diagnoses appear in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, released later this month, and critics are attacking with claws extended. Controversy surrounds whether several of these new disorders should be included, and many experts question their validity.

Safeminds: Impact of the DSM-5 Criteria for ASD – Community Update - May 2013

By Katie Weisman, for the SafeMinds Research Committee Introduction This month, the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – the DSM-5. The manual contains significant changes to the diagnostic criteria for individuals...

The fight over what grief means

How much is too much grief? And how long do you wait before you decide? Among all the changes in the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the most controversial may have been removing the so-called "bereavement exclusion." The proposal galvanized what the New York Times dubbed a "bitter [...]

An Easier PTSD Diagnosis

Being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could get easier following the upcoming annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association where the group’s fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) is slated to be released in San Francisco. Show More Summary

'Appreciable Correspondence' Between DSM-IV And DSM-5 Alternative Model For Personality Disorder Diagnoses

A new "alternative model" included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM -5) lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis of personality disorder, according to a study in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice. Show More Summary

No-Fault Internet Addiction

Online chat host: Good morning, cyber pals. As you know, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the psychiatric “bible,” is to be released this month. It will include “Internet-Use Disorder” – also referred to as Internet addiction – as a condition recommended for further psychiatric study. Show More Summary

Downplaying The DSM

The director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Thomas Insel, announced last week that the NIMH will no longer rely on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a longtime guidebook for psychiatry: While DSM has been described as a “Bible” for the field, it is, at best, a dictionary, creating a set […]

Alternative model for personality disorders in upcoming DSM-5 endorsed

Philadelphia, Pa. (May 10, 2013) – A new "alternative model" included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis of personality disorder, according to a study in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice. read more

Study Supports Alternative Model for Personality Disorders in Upcoming DSM-5

A new "alternative model" included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM -5) lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis of personality disorder, according to a study in the May Journal of Psychiatric Practice. Show More Summary

The big impact of small changes for DSM-5 ADHD diagnosis

As chairman of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Work Group on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, I read the article on ADHD that appeared on the front page of The New York Times on April 1, 2013, with interest and also dismay, which was shared [...]

Traditional psychological diagnoses are going out of style

In a major milestone, a powerful organization of mental health researchers has said it will not be using the new, fifth edition of the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), a handbook that has virtually defined the field of psychiatry in the United States for decades. Here's what this means. Read more...

Experts Say 'Psychiatry's Guide Is Out of Touch With Science.' What Science?

With the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) scheduled to be published later his month, a story in today's New York Times quotes experts who think "Psychiatry's Guide Is Out of Touch With Science" (as the headline puts it). Show More Summary

Experts Aren't Psyched About New DSM

This month, a revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—known as the DSM-5—is set to be published, but a growing number of experts in the field are questioning the scientific validity of the guide, and list a number of "potentially harmful" changes. Read more...