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Diagnostic Accretion in Shadow

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Christopher Lane at the L.A. Times has this op-ed on the development of the forthcoming 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As noted before, it's a solid bet the diagnostic manual will grow with each edition: Over the summer, a wrangle between eminent psychiatrists that had been brewing for months erupted in print. Startled readers of Psychiatric News saw the spectacle unfold in the journal's normally less-dramatic pages. The bone of contention: whether the next revision of America's psychiatric bible, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," should be done openly and transparently so mental health professionals and the public could follow along, or whether the debates should be held in secret...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).