Psychology Today

Are There Viable Alternatives to the DSM-5?

Despite oft-heard complaints, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) continues to be the primary diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals. However, in the last ...
Psychology Today

ICD-10-CM Delay Removes Excuse for Rushing DSM 5 Into Premature Publication

Until yesterday, there were only two reasons to stick with the projected date of DSM 5 publication (May 2013): 1) the need to coordinate DSM 5 with ICD-10-CM coding, which was scheduled to start Oct ...
Polygon

Psychologist says rush to pathologize ‘video game addiction’ is dangerous (update)

Dr. Anthony M. Bean, a licensed clinical psychologist in Texas, thinks that the idea of “video game addiction” is misguided at best, and dangerous at worst. He and his colleagues suggest that efforts ...
ALZFORUM

DSM-5: Debated? Yes. Important for AD Diagnosis? Maybe Not

In the DSM-5, what used to be called “Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, and Other Cognitive Disorders” is now named “Neurocognitive Disorders.” The new classification was introduced to distinguish ...
JSTOR Daily

The Performance of the Revised Major Depression Inventory for Self-Reported Severity of Depression – Implications for the DSM-5 and ICD-11

Zimmerman M: Symptom severity and guideline-based treatment recommendations for depressed patients: implications of DSM-5’s potential recommendation of the PHQ-9 as the measure of choice for ...
Nature

DSM-5 and clinical trials in psychiatry: challenges to come?

The publication of the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in 2013 raises important questions for clinical trials and associated regulatory decisions on ...