This article argues that psychiatric diagnoses are not valid or useful. The use of psychiatric
diagnosis increases stigma, does not aid treatment decisions, is associated with worsening …

Psychiatry has always been characterized by a range of different models of and approaches
to mental disorder, which have sometimes brought progress in clinical practice, but have …

The allocation of diagnoses in psychiatry has always been controversial. Diagnoses usually
indicate possible treatments, as well as determining who will receive support from health …

Psychiatric diagnosis and classification reflect the social and political context of an era and
are embedded in it. In the last few decades, culture-bound syndromes reported in non …

The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) is an evolving document
that serves the many mental health care disciplines as the primary reference guide for …

The development of the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM-5—has reenergised and driven further …

Background: Insurance systems, scientific journals, professional groups, educational
initiatives, regulatory bodies and organisation of services appear to be fixed in 19th century …

Modern descriptive psychiatry was born two centuries ago in the classification of Pinel, was
later systematized in the textbook of Kraepelin, and was then expanded by Freud to include …

This book critically evaluates the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Through analysis of the history of psychiatric diagnosis and of …

Innovations in global mental health have focused on addressing the 'supply side'barriers to
reduce the treatment gap and, in doing so, have redefined three core assumptions regarding …