The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called?

How a person will be diagnosed with a mental illness could look significantly different in the near future.

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

Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. This new diagnosis identifies children experiencing persistent irritability and extreme changes in mood without bipolar disorder. This change addresses and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After more than a decade of development and more than 2 years of frequently searing controversy, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) ...

My biggest concern regarding DSM 5 is that it will dramatically increase the rates of mental disorder and cheapen the currency of psychiatric diagnosis. The DSM 5 proposals do this two ways: 1) by ...

The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association tried yesterday to project confidence in the next edition of its problem-plagued manual, assuring Americans that radical changes to the ...

Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is ...

July 8, 2011 — With the goal of increasing relevancy for both clinicians and patients, the diagnostic criteria for personality disorders may undergo significant restructuring in the upcoming ...

A new comprehensive analysis published in the journal Addictive Behaviors suggests that Internet Gaming Disorder is a ...