Diagnostic criteria as dysfunction indicators: Bridging the chasm between the definition of mental disorder and diagnostic criteria for specific disorders

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 663-669

  First, Michael B ^a,b   Wakefield, Jerome C ^c,d  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fifth edition; DSM 5; Dysfunction; False positives; Mental disorder definition

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; DELUSION; DSM-5; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FATIGUE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS-FIFTH EDITION; DSM-5; DYSFUNCTION; FALSE POSITIVES; MENTAL DISORDER DEFINITION;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84887568196     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371305801203     Document Type: Review

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