This letter refutes the “overdiagnosis” narrative, blaming the stimulant shortage on DEA regulatory failures, clinical constraints, and recognition of historical underdiagnosis. By concluding that ...

Psychiatrists rely on the DSM somewhat more. In the pharmacological realm, treatment is supposed to be guided by accurate diagnosis and the symptom checklists and questionnaires typically used to make ...

Many mental health professionals admit they don’t pay much attention to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). They recognize, as leading psychiatrists have pointed out, that ...

It means something to put a word to the feeling, to the experience. It carries weight to be able to say, “I have ____” or “I am ____.” It opens doors to treatments and medications and plans. But what ...

Over 22 million Americans are diagnosed with ADHD — yet an objective biological marker for distinguishing between its three distinct subtypes ...

If you wanted to make a list of important books you should read, what would you choose? Anna Karenina, maybe? The Bible? How about the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? It may not ...

It was a question asked urgently by one of the hundreds of psychiatrists gathered here last week for their professional society’s annual meeting. With doctors in the thick of a years-long effort to ...

Clarke DE, Narrow WE, Regier DA, Kuramoto SJ, Kupfer DJ, Kuhl EA, Greiner L, Kraemer HC: DSM-5 field trials in the United States and Canada. I. Study design, sampling strategy, implementation, and ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. The fifth edition of the ...

There’s a saying that goes, “A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.” But books that are periodically revised can be even better. Consider the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...

The authors of “Overdiagnosis of Adult ADHD Is Exacerbating the Stimulant Shortage” reply to a letter to the editor. We welcome the input and opportunity for discussion. There is much on which we can ...