Making the DSM-5 Concepts and Controversies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Paris, Joel (Editor), Phillips, James (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Psychopharmacology.; Behavioral therapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Behavioral Therapy.

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the 5th edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Often referred to as the “bible” of psychiatry, the manual only classifies mental disorders and does not explain them or guide their treatment. While science...