When news broke that the autism spectrum categories of Asperger’s disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) would get subsumed into the wider maw of a general ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The head of the American Psychiatric Association committee rewriting the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorders took on the panel's critics here, accusing them of bad ...

New research has called into question the accuracy of new diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as outlined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Field testing of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable, according to initial reviews ...

A recent study found that 91% of children diagnosed with ASD using DSM-5 criteria were also diagnosed with one of the four DSM-IV autism related disorders. 1 This study shows that most children will ...

DSM-5, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, is due to be published soon. This is the book used to diagnose mental disorders, including autism. The new version makes some changes ...

Although criteria used to assess serious alcohol problems will be revised in the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), these changes will not ...

To a cacophony of boos, so-whats and even a few cheers, the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, on May 18 ...

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 ...

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. This new diagnosis identifies children experiencing persistent irritability and extreme changes in mood without bipolar disorder. This change addresses and ...