1st Edition

Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition

By Rachel Cooper Copyright 2014
96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , more commonly known as the DSM, is published by the American Psychiatric Association and aims to list and describe all mental disorders. The publication of DSM-V in 2013 brought many changes. Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is written for all those who wonder whether the DSM-V now classifies the... Read more
Introducing the DSM -- DSM-5: an overview of changes -- Controversies of process: the DSM and the pharmaceutical industry -- Controversies of process: transparency and patient involvement -- Issues of content: the birth of a new diagnosis—hoarding disorder -- Issues of content: the changing limits of autistic spectrum disorders -- The field trials: DSM-5 and the new crisis of reliability -- The future

Biography

Cooper, Rachel