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 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Some psychologists have stated that they use DSM primarily for completing forms for the government or insurance companies, some of which require a patient to be classified by a diagnosis.
The classificatory structure of early editions of the DSM was rooted in a distinction between two poles of mental disorder, psychosis and neurosis.
In 1980, with DSM-III, the psychodynamic view was abandoned and the biomedical model became the primary approach, introducing a clear distinction between normal and abnormal.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/DSM-II   (644 words)

  
 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The contents of the DSM are determined by experts whose mandate is to create a set of diagnoses that are replicable and meaningful.
The DSM is intended for use by mental health professionals, and for use in research and administration.
The DSM is routinely attacked as being unscientific.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DSM_cautionary_statement   (1516 words)

  
 Personality disorders
The DSM adopts a categorical approach, assuming that personality disorders are "qualitatively distinct clinical syndromes" (p.
The polythetic form of the DSM's Diagnostic Criteria—only a subset of the criteria is adequate grounds for a diagnosis—generates diagnostic heterogeneity.
However, the DSM does not contain an explanation of the relationship between Axis II (personality) and Axis I (non-personality) disorders, or the way in which chronic childhood and developmental problems interact with personality disorders.
www.mrsci.com /Mental-Illness/Personality_disorders.php   (1095 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The most notorious example is the listing in the DSM-II of homosexuality as a mental disorder; a classification that was removed by vote of the APA in 1973 (see also homosexuality and psychology).
Both of these editions were strongly influenced by the psychodynamic approach.
Robert Spitzer, M.D. played a prominant role as the chair of the task force which produced this revision.
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 Asperger syndrome - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual are criticized for being vague and subjective; a condition that one psychologist might define as a significant impairment might be defined by another psychologist as merely insignificant.
He states that although there may well be significant delay in some areas of language development, it is often combined with exceptionally high functioning in other language-related areas, and he argues that this combination superficially resembles but is in reality very different from normal development in language and adaptive behavior.
Partly because of Asperger syndrome's recent appearance in the DSM and partly because of differences of opinion such as Gillberg's, at least three other, slightly different sets of diagnostic criteria are used in the field besides the DSM-IV definition.
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 clinical-depression.webdict.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It has been suggested that DSM cautionary statement be merged into this article or section.
The DSM is routinely attacked as being unscientific, even though it is intended as a tool for measurement.
[3] She has called for Congressional hearings regarding DSM labeling and created a website criticizing the unscientific nature of DSM labels and purports that these labels have caused harm.
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 Dsm, - Gereserveerde URL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A DSM cautionary statement is required to create balance and perspective for the For instance, the DSM does not categorize mental disorders that are
The DSM: Not Perfect, but Better Than the Alternative The DSM is even cited as a major reason medical students do not enter psychiatry.
DSM is different as models are the primary design artifacts.
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 DSM cautionary statement - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A DSM cautionary statement is required to create balance and perspective for the various diagnoses and criteria used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association.
Any reader who believes that they or someone close to them could be diagnosed with one of the conditions mentioned is advised to consult with a specialist in the field (a psychiatrist or psychologist) for further clarification.
For example, several decades ago homosexuality was commonly considered a mental disorder, and it was listed in the DSM as such.
education.music.us /D/DSM-cautionary-statement.htm   (604 words)

  
 psychegames
The criteria that are described in the DSM are meant to be used by clinicians and investigators.
The criteria and classification system of the DSM are based on the majority opinion of people who represent American mental health specialists.
Therefore, the content of the DSM does not reflect all opinions on the subject of psychopathology.
www.psychegames.com /dsm-cautionary-statement.htm   (380 words)

  
 Depression-- Biotechnology Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DSM cautionary statement) one or both of the following two required elements need to be present:
Improper drug or alcohol use is not a diagnostic symptom, but often accompanies and may be a causal factor in major depression.
Andrew Solomon in his book The Noonday Demon (p.20) states that the DSM IV list of symptoms is, "entirely arbitrary [and] having slight versions of all the symptoms may be less of a problem than having severe versions of two symptoms".
www.edinformatics.com /biotechnology/depression.htm   (2751 words)

  
 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder
Therefore, the content of the DSM does not reflect all opinions on the subject of psychopathology, nor are there any objective standards to which it can adhere.
For instance, the DSM does not categorize mental disorders that are specific to other (i.e.
The DSM categories do not include many uncommon or rare syndromes although at times they are mentioned in the text.
www.clinicalmojo.com /Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders.php   (1237 words)

  
 Informat.io on Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
The DSM was initally developed to give more objective terms to the field of psychiatry.
Previous to the DSM communication between psychiatrists was not uniform.
Appropriate use of the diagnostic criteria is said to require clinical training, and its contents "cannot simply be applied in a cookbook fashion" [2].
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 Bassenco and Borderline Personality Disorder: it explains so much. - The Fighting Fundamental Forums
Statements about named persons are based upon my personal observation and knowledge.
Similar statements based upon the observation of others are merely alleged and reported here as such.
Such opinions and statements may be pubished regarding persons who live public lives legitimized by a presumption of impeccable character.
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 Anxiety Zone - Body dysmorphic disorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An example would be a man who is extremely worried that his nose is too big, although other people don't notice anything unusual about it.
The preoccupation is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., dissatisfaction with body shape and size in Anorexia Nervosa).
Note that, according to the DSM criteria, a BDD diagnosis cannot be made if another disorder accounts for the preoccupation with a perceived defect.
www.anxietyzone.com /conditions/body_dysmorphic_disorder.html   (356 words)

  
 TIME.com: How We Get Labeled -- Jan. 20, 2003 -- Page 1
The DSM lists the criteria used by mental-health professionals to make their various diagnoses, from "mild mental retardation" (the first listing) to "personality disorder not otherwise specified" (the last); there are more than 350 in all.
The DSM was first published in 1952 so that "stress reaction" would mean the same in an Arkansas hospital as it does in a Vermont one.
The DSM works like this: imagine you are Tony Soprano in the first season of The Sopranos.
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While widely accepted among psychologists and psychiatrists homosexuality as a mental disorder; a classification that was removed by vote of the APA in 1973 (see also homosexuality and psychology).
Brief history of DSM The first edition (DSM-I) was published in 1952 DSM-II was published in 1968.
There was no sharp distinction between normal and abnormal The early editions of the DSM distinguished between a psychosis neurosis In 1980, with DSM-III etiology for mental disorders.
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 Narcissistic personality disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
People with narcissistic defences are either "classic" (meet five of the nine diagnostic criteria included in the DSM) or they are "compensatory" (their narcissism compensates for deepset feelings of inferiority and lack of self-worth).
Some people with narcissistic defences are covert or inverted narcissists — as codependents, they derive their narcissistic supply from their relationships with classic narcissists.
A narcissistic personality disorder as defined by the DSM (see DSM cautionary statement) is characterized by an all-pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration or adulation and lack of empathy, usually beginning by early adulthood and present in various contexts.
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 DSM cautionary statement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DSM cautionary statement is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder which involves a disturbed body image.
In psychiatry, borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterised by extreme "fl and white" thinking, mood swings, emotional reasoning, disrupted relationships and difficulty in functioning in a way society accepts as normal.
www.experiencefestival.com /dsm_cautionary_statement   (1032 words)

  
 Re: DSM cautionary statement ยป 64bowtie
Because the DSM is based on consensus research and provides categorical labels for phenomena that I believe exist more on a continuum, the statement is there to caution against simplistic diagnostic labelling.
So someone untrained in clinical assessment could grab a DSM, pick out a label that seems to fit based on a concrete interpretation of the criteria, and perhaps use that label against someone.
What is ironic is that DSM dx's are used for third party payment.
www.dr-bob.org /babble/psycho/20040728/msgs/372674.html   (175 words)

  
 Autism :: Web Articles ::
(See the DSM cautionary statement.) The criteria for autism is much more controversial and some physicians today may ignore it completely, instead solely relying on other methods for determining the diagnosis.
The number of people diagnosed with LFA is not rising quite as sharply as HFA, indicating that at least part of the explanation for the apparent rise is probably better diagnostics.
The DSM makes no mention of level of intellectual functioning, but the fact that Asperger's autistics as a group tend to perform better than those with Kanner's autism has produced a popular conception that Asperger's syndrome is synonymous with "higher-functioning autism," or that it is a lesser disorder than autism.
www.webarticles.com /Health/Disabilities/Autism   (6785 words)

  
 More on Schizophrenia
The most commonly-used criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia are from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the World Health Organisation's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).
This six-month period must include at least one month of symptoms (or less, if successfully treated) that meet Criterion A. Historically, schizophrenia in the West was classified into simple, catatonic, hebephrenic, and paranoid.
The DSM now contains five sub-classifications of schizophrenia.
www.psyhist.com /schizophrenia.htm   (5186 words)

  
 Converted WP file 27053
Although, as noted by the State, the DSM-IV includes a cautionary statement regarding its use as a basis for legal judgments, we find it useful in determining the general acceptance of DID.
Moreover, we note that the Court of Appeals of Washington, after a comprehensive review of DID literature, concluded that the condition is generally accepted in the scientific community.
The specified diagnostic criteria for each mental disorder are offered as guidelines for making diagnoses, because it has been demonstrated that the use of such criteria enhances agreement among clinicians and investigators.
www.state.wv.us /wvsca/docs/fall00/27053.htm   (6831 words)

  
 Tri-City Community Mental Health Center - Personality Disorders - Paranoid Personality Disorder
The use of the term paranoia in this context is not meant to refer to the presence of frank delusions or psychosis, but implies the presence of ongoing, unbased suspiciousness and distrust of people.
The DSM-IV-TR, a widely used manual for diagnosing mental disorders (see also:DSM cautionary statement), defines paranoid personality disorder as a cluster A personality disorder (along with schizoid personality disorder (301.20) and schizotypal personality disorder (301.22)):
A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
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 Body dysmorphic disorder - body dysmorphic disorder self test
If a slight physical anomaly is present, christian woman suffering from body dysmorphic disorder the person's concern is markedly excessive.
The preoccupation body dysmorphic disorder and accounts body dysmorphic disorder treatment of body dysmorphic disorder australia personal experiences is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., dissatisfaction with body shape and size in Anorexia Nervosa).
Note that, according to the DSM criteria, a BDD diagnosis cannot be made if another disorder accounts for the preoccupation with causes of body dysmorphic disorder a perceived defect.
www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Diseases-At---B/Body-dysmorphic-disorder.html   (493 words)

  
 Clinical Resource Page - Clinical
Though full of incantations and foul applications meant to turn away disease-causing demons and other superstition, it also evinces a long tradition of empirical practice and observation.
It is sufficient to have either of these symptoms in conjunction with four of a list of other symptoms.
Although there is no specific diagnostic category for the comorbidity of depression and anxiety in the DSM or ICD, the National Comorbidity Survey (US) reports that 58 percent of those with major depression also suffer from lifetime anxiety.
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 Forensic Evidence: Dissociative Identity Disorder...State v. Lockhart
In other words, the expert's findings must reflect scientific knowledge, be derived by the scientific method, and the work product must amount to good science.
The court looked at the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition's (referred to generally as DSM-IV) "Cautionary Statement" which asserts that the criteria and classifications for DID reflect a consensus of current and evolving knowledge.
The West Virginia court was also persuaded by the fact that many other states have allowed DID testimony in their courts.
www.forensic-evidence.com /site/Behv_Evid/Lockhart_DID.html   (1031 words)

  
 Schizophrenia -- Biotechnology Companies -- Drugs in the Pipeline
The most commonly-used criteria for diagnosing schizophrenia are from the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the
This six-month period must include at least one month of symptoms (or less, if successfully treated) that meet Criterion A. Historically, schizophrenia in the West was classified into simple,
www.edinformatics.com /biotechnology/schizophrenia.htm   (5146 words)

  
 Is my daughter a psychopath ? - Trubble's CatBox
Wanting to die but not being able to kill myself because I'd feel too much guilt for those I'd hurt, and then feeling angry about that so I cut myself or O.D. to make all the feelings go away.
Therapists use a book called "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" (DSM) to make mental health diagnoses.
They've outlined nine traits that borderlines seem to have in common; the presence of five or more of them may indicate BPD.
www.drirene.com /catbox/index.php?showtopic=14138   (4645 words)

  
 Schizophrenia Information
The DSM now contains five sub-classifications of schizophrenia, the ICD-10 identifies 7:
NB: Brackets indicate codes for DSM and ICD-10 diagnostic manuals, respectively.
Laing's work, co-authored with Aaron Esterson, Sanity, Madness and the Family (1964) described eleven case studies of people diagnosed with schizophrenia and argued that the content of their actions and statements was meaningful and logical in the context of their family and life situations.
schizophrenia.researchtoday.net /about-schizophrenia.htm   (7016 words)

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