News: Psychiatry residency matches -- more but still short
Fourteen more graduates from American medical schools matched for a psychiatry residency this year than last, but the numbers still fell short of filling the spots. Last year, 656 students were placed, this year 670 for the 1,075 available spots. . .
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News: The bar for normal -- DSM update
Advancing the conversation about revising the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, DSM-V, On the Media's Brooke Gladstone. . .
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News: Blizzard of news about DSM-V
Would introducing a category for the risk of psychosis promote early diagnosis that leads to better treatment? Or will it promote unnecessary worry, stigma and giving drugs to young adults who don't need them? These are among the questions posed by the release of the American Psychiatric Association's newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V). . .
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News: Cultural difference and symptoms of mental illness
In a New York Times article titled, "The Americanization of Mental Illness," Ethan Watters discusses how America's "symptom repertoire" for mental illness has circled the globe and altered the expression of symptoms and their treatment. He . . .
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News: DSM-V postponed to 2013
Publication of the DSM-V will be postponed one year, according to an announcement from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In the meantime, preliminary drafts will be posted on the website for two months starting in January
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News: DSM-V controversy boiling
Revision of the APA's diagnostic bible, the DSM-V has been underway for nearly a decade. Complaints about the process. . .
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Consider This: Should the term schizophrenia be changed?
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News: DSM-V changes under discussion
After years of study, and in preparation of a 2012 publicaton date, discussions are underway about conceptual changes in the next edition of the DSM-V. These include separating measures of functioning and disability from symptoms, which is consistent with World Health Organization classifications. Clinical Psychiatry News describes the process....
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News: DSM-V will have reviews, disclosure
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) responded to recent criticism of the revision process of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual by outlining its work: planning sessions starting in 1999, a website posting updates, outreach to lay groups, financial disclosures, and the opportunity to comment on the release of a draft in 2010. The DSM-V is scheduled for release in 2012 and will then be used by clinicians establishing criteria for describing disorders as well as for insurance reimbursement....
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News: DSM-V controversies
Preparation of the fifth edition of Diasgnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) is underway along with a controversy about the process. Reports in major newspapers point to charges that deliberations are taking place behind closed doors despite earlier promises of transparency. The DSM V is scheduled for 2012 and has become a common language for psychiatrists as well as insurance companies....
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Commentary: Let's stop saying "Mental Illness"

"After more than three decades of doing this work," writes David Oaks, executive director of MindFreedom International, "I have found that we need to find some simple victories. Changing our own language is something that we still have control over. I want to emphasize, as I say in this essay, that my suggestion is not about political correctness or linguistic perfection, which are impossible goals.

My suggestion is that we can take a small step toward our principles by finding more inclusive ways of describing those formerly called "mentally ill."

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News: Diagnosing substance abuse and psychotic disorders
With mounting evidence that marijuana is a major contributor to schizophrenia, part of the research agenda for the DSM-V includes differentiating between substance-induced psychotic symptoms and independent psychotic disorders....
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News: DSM-V work ongoing
The Schizophrenia Bulletin is publishing a series of articles about the ongoing work for the newest revision of the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V). Two articles appear on-line in Advance Access Schizophrenia Bulletin (subscriptions required). One article, "Rethinking Psychosis," is based on a previous symposium assessing models and paradigms for diagnosis; another discusses the inclusion of cognitive impairment among the criteria for schizophrenia....
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