Tag: diagnostic reliability
The New DSM Is Coming and That Isnāt Good News
Binge Eating Disorder is one of many invalid diagnoses weāll continue to receive as a result of the APAās failure to correct the mistakes of past versions of the DSM.
Large-Scale Study Reveals Arbitrariness of DSM Depression Diagnosis
A new study on the depression symptoms of over three-thousand patients challenges the criteria used for diagnosing major depression with the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). Current diagnostic systems are based on an assumption that the symptoms of depression point to a common underlying āillness," but research suggests that this framework may be outdated and oversimplified.