This post is in response to DSM 5 to the Barricades on Grief By Allen J Frances M.D. There is a rising hysteria regarding the forthcoming DSM-5, the diagnostic manual of mental disorders due to be ...

Patients might not be accurately diagnosed Patients who do not have major depressive disorder may be prescribed medications that will not work Calls for a briefer definition of the DSM-IV criteria for ...

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The storm of opposition to DSM 5 is now focused on its silly and unnecessary proposal to medicalize grief. DSM 5 would encourage the diagnosis of 'Major Depressive Disorder' almost immediately after ...