Bipolar disorder (BP) is characterized by profound pathological mood swings from mania to depression, interspersed with periods of subsyndromal symptoms (that is, symptoms that are insufficient to ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — also known as the DSM and sometimes erroneously called the bible of psychiatry — is the authoritative guide to diagnosing depression, ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the compilation of ten years of work by the American Psychiatric Association, representing the efforts of hundreds of high-level ...

Dr. Kupfer Defends DSM-5 DSM-5 Task Force Chair Dr. David Kupfer responds to criticisms that publishing a new edition of the manual next year might be jumping the gun. Medscape Psychiatry, June 01, ...

Psychiatric classifications catalog the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as disordered, drawing the boundary between psychological normality and ...

Psychiatric classifications catalogue the many forms of mental ill-health. They define what counts as a disorder and who counts as disordered, drawing the boundary between psychological normality and ...

Abstract: The DSM classification system has long been criticized for insufficiently prioritizing scientific accuracy by inserting social values. Naturalists imply that the DSM should define disorders ...