Will anyone be angry, irritable, annoyed or defiant enough to oppose this proposed revision to the DSM (The American Psychiatric Association‘s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Q 00 Oppositional Defiant Disorder Proposed Revision A. A persistent pattern of angry and irritable mood along with defiant and vindictive behavior as evidenced by four (or more) of […]
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Fifth editions: DSM vs. D&D
This month’s Psychology Thought Experiment: At this moment, two groups are at work, each developing the 5th edition of a tool that thousands—perhaps millions—of people rely upon. The thought experiment is: Compare the thought processes of the two groups. One group is creating the 5th edition of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). […]
5 not V, for mental disorders
The previous versions of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were called DSM-I, DSM-II, DSM-III, and DSM-IV – but the new one is being named DSM-5. It seems the APA have, for reasons not yet clear, decided that Roman numerals are out for the 2013 edition. Can any readers […]
Alert: psych hair-pulling, spitting ahead
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists galore are in for a long period of hair-pulling, spitting, accusations, recriminations, name-calling and good old-fashioned spitefests. The proposed draft version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) just went online for comments. The DSM gets used in many ways. What’s included in the new version — and […]