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 ...

The inclusion of increased activity or energy in the DSM-5 criteria for bipolar disorder decreased prevalence of manic and hypomanic episodes but did not affect longitudinal outcomes, according to ...

The American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The draft criteria ...

The DSM helps provide an overview of the diagnostic criteria for mental health disorders, including anxiety.

Every day that we delay updating DSM-5 threat criteria, preventable tragedies unfold. Lives depend on urgent action, and we already have the tools to intervene.

Using the criteria contained within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the diagnostic standard, almost 1 in 5 individuals smoking weed for medical therapeutic reasons ...

Dr. Allen Frances, the psychiatrist who led the task force that "loosened the definition" for the autism spectrum in the DSM, now fears he "contributed to the creation of diagnostic fads that ...

Without clear and effective biological tests for autism based on genes, brain or blood measurements, diagnosis today still largely depends on clinical assessment. The standard way of doing this is by ...

The criteria for antisocial personality disorder most used today comes from the fifth edition of the DSM (DSM-5), which was published in 2013. It should be noted that some clinicians continue to ...

Objective To assess whether physically active yoga is superior to waitlist control, treatment as usual and attention control in alleviating depressive symptoms in people with a diagnosed mental ...