© 2013 Peter Free The DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) is out. It is apparently the same frequently slapdash BS that the DSM-4 was, when I used it while undergoing my clinical psychiatric rotation in medical school. Allen Francis, MD, very recently rendered his opinion of the new tome in [...]
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