Mental health professionals use the DSM to standardize the diagnosis and treatment processes for mental health conditions, including types of depression. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...
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 ...
The latest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may put an end to classifying bereavement as something other than depression. The current manual, DSM IV, has what is ...
This “Charlie Brown moment” has been long in coming. In the past 60 years, since the publication of the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1952, mental-health ...
Feelings of sadness need not be overtly present. In fact, anhedonia has been shown to be a more sensitive marker for depression than sadness in primary care populations. Therefore, clinicians should ...
The DSM-5, the latest revision of the “bible” of mental health disorders, will be issued within days. It’s been 13 years since the last update, and it could have a significant impact on the diagnosis, ...
During a presentation at the US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mark Zimmerman, MD, said studies show that the presence of a comorbid disorder or specific symptom ...
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 ...