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Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible

Started by Natasha, May 26, 2009, 05:16:49 PM

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Natasha

May 26, 2009, 05:16:49 PM
Psychiatrists rewriting the mental health bible

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-mental-disorder26-2009may26,0,3370054,full.story
Shari Roan
5/26/09

Some psychiatrists warn that the tome runs the risk of medicalizing
the normal range of human behaviors; others vehemently argue that it
must be broad enough to guide treatment of those who need it.

But all agree that the so-called bible of psychiatry is expected to be
considerably more nuanced and science-based than the last edition,
DSM-IV, published in 1994.

Brain imaging and other technologies, plus new knowledge on biological
and genetic causes of many disorders, have almost guaranteed
significant alterations in how many mental afflictions are described.

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