“I use it as a doorstop.” That was the response I got from a psychiatrist when I gestured at his copy of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)-TR-IV and asked what he thought ...

The attempt to catalog all the ways that Americans can go crazy dates at least to 1840, when the Census included a question on “idiocy/insanity.” From those two simple categories, we now have more ...

Anxiety disorders have multiple subtypes each of which is characterized by unnecessary worry that can be distressing to the patient. Diagnosis is made using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

There has been a heated controversy about the DSM-5 proposal to redefine autism. Will its dramatic changes in definition result in dramatic changes in who gets diagnosed and will this cause a big ...

Development of a geriatric vulnerability score (GVS) in elderly advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) patients (pts) treated in first line: A prospective GINECO trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Field testing of proposed new diagnostic criteria for many mental disorders showed that, for the most part, they were at least adequately reliable, according to initial reviews ...