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Title: More on Psychiatry's DSM-V Mess
Post by: Natasha on July 11, 2009, 09:16:21 AM
More on Psychiatry's DSM-V Mess

http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-on-psychiatrys-dsm-v-mess.html (http://brodyhooked.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-on-psychiatrys-dsm-v-mess.html)
7/7/09

The Diagnostics and Statistical Manual (DSM), the Shrink's bible, has been around for over 50 years. Within this manual, there are now possibly nearly 300 mental disorders.

As a dictionary of suspected mental illnesses, many redefined diagnoses are added to this manual with each edition, and how such disorders are classified and assessed.