Each of these studies had some limitation--the choice of population, not originally designed to evaluate DSM-5 criteria--that made their conclusions wiggly. Now there’s a new study out ...

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 ...

(Medical Xpress) -- The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has proposed new diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 ...

The DSM entry now also aligns with the association’s manual of diagnostic criteria, Nygren said. “Consistency between these manuals is very important because even small differences between them can ...

DSM-5 criteria resulted in fewer misclassifications. Improving the Diagnostic Criteria The study used three large databases to evaluate DSM-5 criteria in groups of children with DSM-IV clinical ...

The DSM-5 committee felt that asking clinicians ... "Our goal was to try to make the criteria easier for the usual clinician to use, and so we're no longer asking them to remember one criteria ...

Although criteria used to assess serious alcohol problems will be revised in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), these changes will not ...

This updated version refines diagnostic criteria, reflecting the latest research and clinical practices. We’ll look at how the DSM-5-TR is used to diagnose ADHD and its effect on both children ...

Dr. Zimmerman told Medscape that their findings "strongly suggest that there are problems with the diagnostic criteria in the DSM category for eating disorders, because most individuals with an ...

The DSM contains diagnostic criteria used by mental health professionals to classify and describe every known mental illness. The 2013 release of DSM was the first significant update since 1994.

Integrating comprehensive threat assessment criteria, particularly focusing on Extreme Overvalued Beliefs (EOBs), into the DSM-5 is not just an enhancement but an urgent necessity. Every day that ...