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NIMH Dumps the DSM-5: The No News Big News
Some time ago, I blogged about results from field trials of the soon-to-be-released, fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Turns out, many of the diagnoses in the “new and improved” version were simply unreliable. In fact, the likelihood of two clinicians, applying the same criteria to assess the same person — read more
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History doesn’t repeat itself,
Image via Wikipedia "History doesn’t repeat itself," the celebrated American author, Mark Twain once observed, "but it does rhyme." No better example of Twain’s wry comment than recurring claims about specifc therapeutic approaches. As any clinician knows, every year witnesses the introduction of new treatment models. Invariably, the developers and proponents claim superior effectivess of… — read more