First Published Tuesday, 26 May 2009
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 — Some familiar disorders may be dropped and diagnostic criteria for others are in line for substantial revision in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).
…Since it was first published in 1952, the DSM has provided the definitive word on what is and is not mental illness, with enormous influence within medicine and on the world beyond.
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January 19th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
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