Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Description

The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," more commonly known as the DSM, is published by the American Psychiatric Association, listing and describing all mental disorders. The publication of DSM-5 in 2013 brought many changes. "Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5" is written for all those who wonder whether the DSM-5 now classifies the right people in the right way. It is aimed at patients, mental health professionals, and academics with an interest in mental health. Issues addressed include: What are the main changes that have been made to the classification? How is the DSM affected by financial links with the pharmaceutical industry? To what extent were patients involved in revising the classification? How are diagnoses added to the DSM? Does medicalization threaten the idea that anyone is normal? What happens when changes to diagnostic criteria mean that people lose their diagnoses? How important will the DSM be in the future? ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Vll ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vlll INTRODUCING THE DSM ix CHAPTER ONE DSM-5: an overview of changes 1 CHAPTER TWO Controversies of process: the DSM and the pharmaceutical industry 13 CHAPTER THREE Controversies of process: transparency and patient involvement 21 CHAPTER FOUR Issues of content: the birth of a new diagnosis-hoarding disorder 31 CHAPTER FIVE Issues of content: the changing limits of autistic spectrum disorders 40 CHAPTER SIX The field trials: DSM-5 and the new crisis of reliability 49 CHAPTER SEVEN The future 56 REFERENCES 62 INDEX 75