NIMH Abandons DSM, Offers Diagnostic Alternative
The American Psychiatric Association’s latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5) was released on May 22, 2013. Orders abound, as do books, blogs, and sites promising to explain the latest changes in the diagnostic criteria. Media have focused on changes, deletions, and additions to the taxonomy. Critics and supplicants alike have turned to the internet for information about the “Bible” of psychiatry. Psychiatrists, hospitals, and others have prepared for