DSM5 in Distress

The DSM's impact on mental health practice and research.

by Allen Frances, M.D.

Two Fallacies Invalidate the DSM-5 Field Trials

By Allen J. Frances, M.D. on January 16, 2012 in DSM5 in Distress

The designer of the DSM-5 field trials has just written a telling commentary in the American Journal of Psychiatry. She makes two very basic errors that reveal the fundamental worthlessness of these field trials and their inability to provide any information that will be useful for DSM-5 decision making. Read More

Great article.

Submitted by Anonymous on January 16, 2012 - 8:46am.

Thanks a lot for this article.

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Submitted by Donald S Sanders on February 4, 2012 - 3:21pm.

Checklist psychiatry is so 20th century. Liable to gross subjective projection by doctors and after all kinda silly. New fMRI tests are far more reliable at diagnosing mental disorder. The DSM is not long for this world...they should give it up now and save us all a lot of grief and stop this pervasive misdiagnosis.