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A Research Agenda For DSM V by David J. Kupfer, Michael B. First, Darrel A. Regier is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Research Agenda For DSM V about?

In the ongoing quest to improve our psychiatric diagnostic system, we are now searching for new approaches to understanding the etiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that can improve the validity of our diagnoses and the consequent power of our preventive and treatment interventions -- venturing beyond the current DSM paradigm and DSM-IV framework.This thought-provoking volume -- produced as a partnership between the American Psychiatric Association, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse -- represents a far-reaching attempt to stimulate research and discussion in the field in preparation for the eventual start of the DSM-V process, still several years hence. The book Explores a variety of basic nomenclature issues, including the desirability of rating the quality and quantity of information available to support the different disorders in the DSM in order to indicate the disparity of empirical support across the diagnostic system. Offers a neuroscience research agenda to guide development of a pathophysiologically based classification for DSM-V, which reviews genetic, brain

Author

David J. Kupfer, Michael B. First, Darrel A. Regier

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585627721

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Nursing