I thought I would take a break from politics and healthcare to discuss this 29 minute documentary about these two parents with two special needs kids for whom doctors can find no definitive cause for their disability. The documentary was moving to watch. While I was watching I was wishing that I had some specialContinue reading “The Agony of Not Knowing Why”
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Controversy over the New Psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Since 1952, the American Psychiatric Association has published the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM for short) which has spelled out the criteria for diagnosing all of the known psychiatric disorders. It has undergone four editions and two revisions with the fifth one due out this year. In the past there were controversies suchContinue reading “Controversy over the New Psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual”