The author presents his opinion on the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) revision of its diagnostic guide in 2013, discussing how the book, the "Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders " (DSM-5) changes the diagnosis for unspecified metal disorders.Sax...
The new nomenclature in the DSM-5 is Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder (UDICCD), however, there are little to no data available on the new nomenclature. The current article is aimed at examining the practical usage of the UDICCD diagnosis by mental health ...
Background Little information is available on the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 eating disorders in adolescence, and eating disorders remain unique in the DSM for not systematically including a criterion for clinical significance. This study aimed to ...
(DSM-5) as mental disorders for individuals who have significant struggles with food, eating and/or body image, but don't meet all of the criteria necessary to be diagnosed with the more widely recognized Eating Disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. Beca...