Adam Lanza, the Newtown mass murderer who killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School (20 of them first graders): spent the final months of his life mostly alone in his bedroom. His windows ...

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 ...

Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. Schizophrenia. For at least six months, some combination of at least two psychotic disorder symptoms as outlined here.. The symptom combinations are very often ...

DSM-5 has been restructured to consist of three sections in addition to the Preface, ... Diagnosis can be made separately or as a specifier for bipolar, psychotic, or depressive disorders. ...

A large study examining the validity of a new and controversial diagnosis for potential inclusion in the upcoming DSM-5 shows not a single patient met criteria for attenuated psychosis syndrome alone.

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 ...

February 10, 2010 — The long-awaited draft of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has been released by the American Psychiatric Association ...

In the DSM-5, each of the 10 personality disorders fall under one of three "clusters" because people with them may have similar behaviors, ways of thinking, or predispositions of other mental ...

DSM-5 is compatible with the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification ... psychotic, or depressive disorders. ...

The DSM is a diagnostic tool that standardizes symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for mental disorders. However, there are some limitations.

Psychosis is one of the key symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. According to the DSM-5-TR, psychosis can also co-occur with many mood and substance use disorders.

The classification of psychiatric disorders in the DSM has been influential in neuroscience research but has also been subject to criticism. In this Viewpoint, six leaders in the field discuss ...