Latest DSM-5 Stories

In May 2013, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) formally recognized binge-eating as a type of eating disorder Vienna, VA (PRWEB) June 13, 2013 After more than a decade of research, binge-eating has become officially recognized as an eating disorder in the US. On May 22, 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), which officially classifies binge eating as a recognized medical...

Kennedy Krieger researchers find children with co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders face greater impairments BALTIMORE, Md., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early school-age children (four to eight years old), researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that nearly one-third of children with ASD also...

NORWALK, Conn., May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The long awaited--and much debated--Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, better known as DSM-5, made its debut at the American Psychiatric Association's annual convention in San Francisco last week. With it came excitement and concerns over the changes found within. Psychiatric Times covered that meeting and offers psychiatrists insights about those changes and the potential impact they may have on clinical practice. Among...

Women Redeemed, the only support group in Georgia that focuses on love addiction and sex addition for women, launches new groups to help. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 The American Psychiatric Association has just released the DSM-5, the latest edition of the psychiatric bible that defines and diagnoses mental health disorders. In it, the term “sexual addiction” re-appears after having been removed previously in 1994 due to a 'lack of research'. However the revised entry...

Internet Addiction & Internet Use Gaming Disorder are two hotly debated issues being discussed now that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is formally being released to the professional community and public. Researched, aggregated and authored by Michael Nuccitelli Psy.D., C.F.C., a New York State licensed psychologist and certified forensic consultant, interested parties are welcomed to download his Internet Addiction webpage article at no cost and...

Experts at the Asheville Jung Center are hosting a Webinar discussing new material that will be released in DSM-5. Dr. Steve Buser will give an overview of the changes in this first webinar in a DSM-5 series he is presenting Asheville, NC (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The 2013 release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version 5 (DSM-5) is the largest change to hit the field of mental health in over 20 years and the Asheville Jung Center is will help prepare for the release with a Webinar...

STAR Center and SPD Foundation in Greenwood Village, Colorado present Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones – Teens/Adults with SPD: Strategies to Improve Quality of Life, a two-hour lecture. Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 STAR (Sensory Therapies And Research) Center, the premier treatment center for children with sensory challenges and the Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Foundation, the world leader in research, education and advocacy of Sensory Processing Disorder present Stumbling...

The increase is due to more cases of eating disorder not otherwise specified rather than rises in either bulimia or anorexia More people are being diagnosed with eating disorders every year and the most common type is not either of the two most well known—bulimia or anorexia—but eating disorders not otherwise specified (eating disorders that don't quite reach the threshold to be defined as anorexia or bulimia), shows a study published online in BMJ Open. Few studies have...

Campaign timed to coincide with rollout of American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Open Paradigm Project, in collaboration with MadinAmerica.com, Occupy Psychiatry, and leading organizations in the movement to reform mental health care, announces a social media campaign showcasing video testimonials by individuals negatively impacted by the traditional psychiatric model, which focuses on pathology and illness rather than...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ushered in amidst a firestorm of controversy, the latest edition of the psychiatrist’s encyclopedia, known as the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, may already be out of date. Released just this week, the DSM-5 will be used to determine official psychiatric diagnoses in everything from legislation, to courts of law, to insurance forms. However, its own authors admit that it is a...