Voice of America: Revision of Mental Illness Guide Stirs Debate

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Revision of Mental Illness Guide Stirs Debate May 23rd 2013, 00:53 A long-anticipated revision of an official diagnostic guide to mental illness, known as the DSM-5, was released this week.  While the new manual is being welcomed by some doctors as reflecting advancements in the understanding and diagnosis of mental disorders, critics say its definitions of psychiatric conditions are based too much on symptoms and too little on the biological causes of mental illness. VOA's Jessica Berman has more on the controversy. The DSM, or Diagnostic and ...

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