DSM-5: Diagnosing Mental Illness

We discuss the update of the tool used to diagnose mental illness and recommend treatment: the DSM-5, the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Our guests include:

• Richard Vatz, professor in the Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University;
• Sharon Bisco, Adult Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst in Private Practice;
• and David Arnold, Chief of Psychiatry at Laurel Regional Hospital and Author of I Mind.

 

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