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DSM-5 Clinical Cases
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated

Aug 9, 2012 - The proposed changes will lower the diagnostic threshold for GAD in DSM-5… many currently subthreshold cases will qualify for this diagnosis. Jun 8, 2013 - Last week, in The DSM-5 Debacle, we looked at the failure of the DSM-5 to address the problem of clinicians who misdiagnose patients with depression. May 23, 2013 - The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has copped the predicted criticisms since its release on the weekend. Jun 5, 2013 - This can be a challenging question to answer, especially if the symptoms and/or impairment are not recognized by the individual (such as in the case of psychosis). The likely inclusion of many The inclusion of milder or very early cases of psychiatric disorders may lead to an increase in the number of non-disordered (false-positive) patients in clinical trials, and to an increase in the placebo effect, as less severe cases are more likely to respond to placebo. Jun 15, 2009 - Problems with DSM-IV are well known and now are becoming subjects of considerable interest as various committees attempt to update it to DSM-V. May 3, 2013 - News has hit the public hard as, just prior to its demise, many esteemed researchers, clinicians, professional organizations, and members of the public rallied to oppose the manuals extreme medicalization of normal human conditions. €�Can clinicians recognize DSM-IV personality disorders from Five-Factor Model descriptions of patient cases?” Am. Rounsaville, B., Alarcón, R., Andrews, G., Jackson, J., Kendell, R. Apr 11, 2014 - Fully revised to include DSM-5, the text begins with discussion of diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment planning, covering the interplay of individual clinical tools and their application in contemporary practice. Resource is the DSM-5—the newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Most centre Clinical cases are rarely legal cases that go to Court. Also available are the two companion books to the DSM-5: Handbook of Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Cases. In DSM-IV, clinicians used the Global Assessment of Function scale (or GAF as One of the underlying problems with DSM-5 is less to do with the manual, and more to do with how it is viewed by both clinicians and the general public. I often hear people call the DSM the “bible” of psychological disorders.