The field trials tested the criteria for 23 disorders: 15 adult and 8 child/adolescent diagnoses. Reliability as a measure of agreement between 2 independent clinicians was measured with kappa ...

This is the saddest moment in my 45-year career of studying, practicing, and teaching psychiatry. The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association has given its final approval to a deeply ...

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 ...

The sad truth is that most clinical research has absolutely no effect on clinical practice—rarely does a study impact how we diagnose and treat patients. A paper by Morrison and colleagues in the ...