Posted on February 3, I asked the question, CAUTION! Who Should Be the DSM5 Diagnostician? I suggested that we needed to pay as much attention to who...
More »Quick—which screening test or instrument has greater specificity for the target condition: the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test for prostate...
More »In his recent David Letterman-like Top-19 list of DSM5 issues, Dr Allen Frances targeted a proposed revision of the DSM-IV diagnosis of Pedophilia,...
More »Allen Frances, MD, identifies a number of concerns about the draft DSM5 revisions.1 Not mentioned in his commentary, but of significant concern, is a...
More »Another lifetime ago—just after leaving residency—I took a job as a psychiatric consultant at a large, university mental health center. Had I known...
More »“The exclusion of symptoms judged better accounted for by Bereavement is removed because evidence does not support separation [or] loss of loved one...
More »I have followed Dr Frances’ articles and the APA and task force responses. I have tried to consider both sides of the arguments, but my attempt to...
More »I have previously criticized the DSM5 process―for its unnecessary secretiveness, its risky ambitions, its
disorganized methods, and its unrealistic...
More »Unless you have been living on a desert island for the past 2 years, you are well aware that the development of
DSM-V is well under way.
More »“The proper use of these criteria requires specialized clinical training that provides both a body of knowledge and clinical skills.” How many of us...
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