The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has provided diagnostic reliability across observers while neglecting biological validity. The current theme issue explores the boundaries between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, using neuro-cognition, systems neuroscience, and genetics as points of departure to begin consideration of a biologically based reclassification of th...

In this article, the authors present scope and nature of a global movement to modify or replace American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM-5, 2013). The review more contextually culturally affirming diagnostic models that have emerged over time. Steps advance new practices are suggested, with emphasis on importance client counselor input in informing ...

background: obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) symptoms and the related disorders are subsumed under chronic psychiatric disorders which are of psychosocial and therapeutic importance. in most studies, the mean age of onset of significant ocd symptoms is adolescence period. the aim of this study was to evaluate ocd symptoms, tic disorder, body dysmorphic disorder (bdd) and trichotilomania amon...

Mental retardation is considered an Axis II diagnosis under the DSM, where "specific developmental disorders" are grouped along with disorders of personality. A diagnosis of mental retardation under the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association) generally requires significantly subaverage intellectual function with concurrent deficits or ...

Since the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: Mental Disorders was published in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the manual has gone through a series of revisions: DSM-II in 1968, DSM-III in 1980, DSM-IIIR in 1987, DSM-IV in 1994, and a text revision to the DSM-IV in 2000. For those with a sharp eye, one will note that, subsequent to DSM-I, the manual has ...

The prevalence of depressive disorder in South Korea is the highest among countries Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. rate disorders young people their 20s significantly high. Because lead to a decrease daily function, it important identify them quickly treat appropriately. In many countries, including Korea, mental are diagnosed using Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental D...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to examine the role of gender in the endorsement of symptoms included in both the International Classification of Diseases-10th Edition and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th Edition. METHOD Six hundred patients treated for alcohol-related problems in outpatient services in Mexico were evaluated with the Substance Abuse Modul...