Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious condition. People with OUD may have several distinct types of symptoms that can affect behavior, physical health, and mental health. Opioid use disorder (OUD) is ...

From a proposed overhaul of the DSM, a new therapy for between-episode symptoms, to a link with flexible joints, explore the ...

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called? That's one of several open questions as the "Bible of psychiatry" goes online.

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 ...

Arthur Caplan is the director of the division of medical ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The newly revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association—DSM ...

For almost half a century, feeling unreal has been known as DPD, an abbreviation for Depersonalization Disorder. Now it is about a year since feeling unreal has been renamed. The new fifth edition of ...

It's been just over a year since the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and new research shows that ...

Without a diagnosis, the third party won’t pay. Psychiatrists rely on the DSM somewhat more. In the pharmacological realm, treatment is supposed to be guided by accurate diagnosis and the symptom ...