Personal Injury Law

Psychiatry Manual Could See Changes

By Edward Bills

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders could see some significant changes in several areas of its 2013 edition, including bipolar disorder, that could have large implications on diagnosis, treatment and medical research, the New York Times reported. One large change would be adding a childhood disorder, temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria, that was thought to be bipolar disorder, which many children are diagnosed with but don?t necessarily have. Recommendations have also be made to alter verbiage to more completely characterize all patients, especially when determining severity.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).