The NYSPA Report – DSM-5: The Future Face of Psychiatry

• By: Carol A. Bernstein, MD American Psychiatric Association
• October 1st, 2010
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Most people who walk into a psychiatrist’s office have never heard of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), and yet it is one of the most important and widely used texts in all of medicine. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 50 million...