Commentary: DSM-5 and Forensic Psychiatry.

Commentary: Craving diagnostic validity in DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders.

Drs. Norko and Fitch examine questions raised by DSM-5 in the forensic context of criminal defendant diversion to treatment, where eligibility has commonly relied on the view that addiction to alcohol or drugs is distinct from alcohol or drug use, misuse, and abuse. The creation in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), of the new unidimensional spectr...

Will forensic psychiatry survive DSM-5?

Introduction to the special section on DSM-5 and forensic psychiatry.

The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), marks the first substantial revision of the psychiatric diagnostic classification system since the publication of DSM-III in 1980. In recent decades, significant advances in behavioral science, neuropsychiatry, molecular genetics, neuroimaging, and o...

DSM-5 and neurodevelopmental and other disorders of childhood and adolescence.

In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the classification of mental disorders for children and adolescents has been revised. Although some changes are welcome and needed, others have been controversial. In this article, I examine the diagnostic changes along with some of the associated controversies and resolutions. The implications for the practice...

DSM-5 and personality disorders: where did axis II go?

The past decade has seen a period of extensive research into the etiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders. Concomitantly, a group of experts in the field were brought together to form the Personality and Personality Disorder Work Group for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), charged with the responsibility of upd...