Recurrent Idiopathic Catatonia: Implications beyond the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition

Recurrent Idiopathic Catatonia: Implications beyond the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition

We describe a case of recurrent, life-threatening, catatonic stupor, without evidence of any associated medical, toxic or mental disorder. This case provides support for the inclusion of a separate category of "unspecified catatonia" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) to be used to classify idiopathic cases, which appears to be consistent with Kahlb...

Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Troubles with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition

Dear Sir, According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM‐5), autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders whose core clinical features are persisting deficits in social communication and interaction as well as restricted, repetitive behaviors, interests, and activities.[1] Today, there are no biomarkers for ASD, whose diagnosis is sti...

Catatonia in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.

Andrew Francis, PhD, MD,* Max Fink, MD,* Francisco Appiani, MD,Þ Aksel Bertelsen, MD,þ Tom G. Bolwig, MD, DMSc,§ Peter Bräunig, MD,|| Stanley N. Caroff, MD,¶ Brendan T. Carroll, MD,# Andrea Eugenio Cavanna, MD,** David Cohen, MD, PhD,ÞÞ Olivier Cottencin, MD, PhD,þþ Manuel J. Cuesta, MD,§§ Jessica Daniels, MD,|||| Dirk Dhossche, MD, PhD,¶¶ Gregory L. Fricchione, MD,## Gabor Gazdag, MD, PhD,*** ...

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, and the impact of events scale-revised.

We read with great interest the article by Bienvenu et al 1 in a recent issue of CHEST (July 2013) and would like to compliment them on the development and validation of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after acute lung injury. Psychiatric nosology and diagnostic classifi cation systems are always dynamic and in a state of fl ux. ...