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  • DSM 5 or so

    DSM-V: a proposal or a distant dream?

    As psychological research of mental disorders continues to rapidly arrive fresh off the block, advances in psychological knowledge need a central compilation to call home. Since the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was published back in 1952...

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  • DSM-V will retain new diagnostic criteria of autism spectrum disorders

    DSM-V will retain new autism diagnostic criteria

    A panel recently convened to discuss proposed changes to the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) to be released in May 2013. They confirmed the changes to the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders...

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  • Diagnosing Autism

    Diagnosing AutismWas the increase in autism diagnoses due, in part, by the diagnostic criteria set forth by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual Fourth Edition, known as the DSM-IV?  Or is this just another theory?If the draft of the...

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  • DSM-5 could reduce number of children diagnosed with Autism

    DSM-5 could reduce number of children diagnosed with Autism

    An expert panel that was appointed by the American Psychiatric Association has had the task of revising the Diagnositc and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D.S.M.).  The fifth edition will include the first major revision in more...

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  • Autism's Anticipated New Diagnostic Criteria

     The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the manual written by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) used by mental health professionals to diagnose mental illness as it details the current criteria that must be met in order for a...

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  • New Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Anticipated

    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is the manual written by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) used by mental health professionals to diagnose mental illness as it details the current criteria that must be met in order for a diagnosis...

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  • "Parental Alienation Syndrome" not currently recommended for inclusion in DSM-V

    A psychiatrist named Richard Gardner, who wrote numerous questionable and controversial comments on the subject of pedophilia, devised the concept of "Parental Alienation Syndrome" ("PAS"). According to Gardner and those who subscribe to the notion of...

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  • Diagnostic science: Happy with sad days? Sad with happy days?

    Diagnostic science: Happy with sad days? Sad with happy days?

    Are you happy with sad days, or sad with happy days? Wouldn't it be nice if there was science involved in figuring it out?   The current diagostic proceedure for a whole host of mental health...

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  • Asperger's future in the DSM-V

    In honor of National Autism Awareness Month, I thought it would be important to highlight the changes autism spectrum disorders will be facing in the DSM-V, the fifth edition of psychiatrist’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

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