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PTSD and the DSM

PTSD and the DSM

     Recently it has become fashionable to criticize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as psychiatry is about to switch over from DSM-4 to DSM-5.  Certainly the DSM has its limitations, but these are the limitations of…

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PTSD and Psychiatric Diagnosis

In psychiatry we have three important diagnoses that command attention and respect. Insurance companies are more likely to pay when patients have one of these “parity” (equivalent to medical) diagnoses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,…

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