Researchers out of Spain and Italy report a globally pooled Internet Gaming Disorder prevalence of 6.1% among adults ages ...

The DSM is used by mental health professionals to help standardize the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS -- At the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting, MedPage Today sat down with Paul Appelbaum, MD, chair of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) ...

Seven in 10 DSM-5 panel members has financial ties to drug companies. March 13, 2012— -- Controversy continues to swell around the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

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 ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5), publishing in late May 2013, represents years of research, debate, and field testing. Often called the “bible of psychiatry,” the DSM-5 includes almost ...

This is the saddest moment in my 45-year career of studying, practicing, and teaching psychiatry. The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association has given its final approval to a deeply ...

Among the many costs of the pandemic lockdowns and school closures, as both proponents and opponents of these measures agree, is an upsurge in reported cases of mental illness. But underneath this ...