A diagnosis can help you understand how you struggle. It can point you toward resources, connect you with others who share ...

Psychiatrists rely on the DSM somewhat more. In the pharmacological realm, treatment is supposed to be guided by accurate diagnosis and the symptom checklists and questionnaires typically used to make ...

Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether ...

It means something to put a word to the feeling, to the experience. It carries weight to be able to say, “I have ____” or “I am ____.” It opens doors to treatments and medications and plans. But what ...

News and commentary from the psychiatry world ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...