Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Mental health professionals use specific criteria to identify anxiety disorders. Learn how the DSM guides the diagnostic process and why it matters for your care. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Significant differences between the two instruments include the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) having three ...

Seven in 10 DSM-5 panel members has financial ties to drug companies. March 13, 2012— -- Controversy continues to swell around the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

Arthur Caplan is the director of the division of medical ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The newly revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association—DSM ...

According to a Rutgers study published earlier this year, autism rates in the US have increased some 500% over the past 16 years. But is the rise in autism really the result of better screening, or ...

Medically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MD Approximately 6% of adults in the United States have ADHD.A mental health professional can see if you have ADHD, but this quiz is a starting point for your ...

The DSM-5 has long served as the cornerstone for diagnosing and managing mental health disorders, but its current frameworks fall short of addressing the increasing prevalence of threats involving ...

For the past decade, mental health professionals have debated whether personality disorders fall into categories or dimensions. Rather than being an obscure academic controversy, this debate has ...

About 60% of US physicians who served as panel and task force members for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) received more than $14 ...