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What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V
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The distinction between normality and psychopathology has long been subject to debate. DSM-III and DSM-IV provided a definition of mental disorder to help clinicians address this distinction. As part of the process of developing DSM-V, researchers have reviewed the concept of mental disorder and emphasized the need for additional work in this area. Here we review the DSM-IV definition of mental disorder and propose some changes. The approach taken here arguably takes a middle course through some of the relevant conceptual debates. We agree with the view that no definition perfectly specifies precise boundaries for the concept of mental/psychiatric disorder, but in line with a view that the nomenclature can improve over time, we aim here for a more scientifically valid and more clinically useful definition.
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- Authors
- Stein, D. J., Phillips, K. A., Bolton, D., Fulford, K. W. M., Sadler, J. Z., & Kendler, K. S.
- Venue
- Psychological Medicine
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2010-01-20
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1759-1765
- ISSN
- 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8978
- OpenAlex
- W2118363256
- Cited by
- 477
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 278.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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