A critique of the DSM-5 field trials

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-519

  Jones, K Dayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; DSM 5; field trials

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862178719     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318257c699     Document Type: Review

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