You may have heard that several days ago, Thomas Insel, head of the NIMH, announced in a blog post, Transforming Diagnosis, that “the NIMH will be re-orienting its research away from DSM categories.”
He went on to say that: “We will be supporting research projects that look across current categories – or sub-divide current categories – to begin to develop a better system.”
Thus: “Studies of biomarkers for ‘depression’ might begin by looking across many disorders with...
In my previous blog, I recounted some of the history behind the modern DSM. Today’s DSM-IV-TR is the diagnostic bible used by psychiatry... Read more »
This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Okay, let’s get aware. Following is a random traverse through history: 790,000 BC, give or... Read more »
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is the standard reference and... Read more »
Did it take a long time for you to get diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or another chronic illness? Did your symptoms disrupt your daily... Read more »
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), is often considered... Read more »
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