Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013, is the principal authority for psychiatric diagnosis in the United States, and it is cited here as a reference work rather than as evidence. What it contains is the criteria by which each disorder is identified, which matters beyond the clinic because treatment decisions and insurance payment often follow its classifications. Its revisions are argued over for the same reason: this edition reclassified Asperger syndrome within the autism spectrum, removed the schizophrenia subtypes and removed the exclusion that had kept ordinary grief from counting as depression. Other clinicians use the International Classification of Diseases instead, and much research measures symptom scales rather than the manual's categories. A revised text was published in 2022. This page describes the work from public material, since a manual has no abstract.
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013, is the principal authority for psychiatric diagnosis in the United States, and it is cited here as a reference work rather than as evidence. What it contains is the criteria by which each disorder is identified, which matters beyond the clinic because treatment decisions and insurance payment often follow its classifications. Its revisions are argued over for the same reason: this edition reclassified Asperger syndrome within the autism spectrum, removed the schizophrenia subtypes and removed the exclusion that had kept ordinary grief from counting as depression. Other clinicians use the International Classification of Diseases instead, and much research measures symptom scales rather than the manual's categories. A revised text was published in 2022. This page describes the work from public material, since a manual has no abstract.
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American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition. Insomnia disorder: sleep dissatisfaction with difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, or early-morning awakening, despite adequate opportunity, with distress or impairment, at least three nights per week for at least three months. Generalised anxiety disorder: excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events or activities, more days than not for at least six months, difficult to control, with associated symptoms including sleep disturbance.
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https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596