The attempt to catalog all the ways that Americans can go crazy dates at least to 1840, when the Census included a question on “idiocy/insanity.” From those two simple categories, we now have more ...

Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Anxiety disorders have multiple subtypes each of which is characterized by unnecessary worry that can be distressing to the patient. Diagnosis is made using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Understanding the ?Changes in DSM-5 The latest revision of the diagnostic manual does away with the complex multiaxial organization in favor of a simpler chapter order of disorders. The fifth edition ...

DSM-5 has just announced its price -an incredible $199 (and the paperback is also no bargain at a hefty $149). Compare this to $25 for a DSM III in 1980; $65 for a DSM IV in 1994; and $84 for a DSM-IV ...

One notable problem with the DSM-IV PD model was comorbidity, or the tendency for patients to simultaneously meet criteria for numerous, putatively distinct disorders. As explained in the DSM-IV ...

Development of a geriatric vulnerability score (GVS) in elderly advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) patients (pts) treated in first line: A prospective GINECO trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

The DSM manual consists of descriptions, symptoms, and other principles that help clinicians to diagnose and classify psychological disorders. Apart from the classification of content, DSM-5 also ...

Atypical features were incorporated into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV, 1994) as an illness specifier for major depression and ...

In the absence of clear biological markers for autism, the DSM will remain a hugely influential book well into the 21st century. Richard Masoner/Wikimedia Commons The DSM giveth, and the DSM taketh ...