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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? from DSM-IV to DSM-V
Psychological Medicine, Volume 40, No. 11, Year 2010
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Description
The distinction between normality and psychopathology has long been subject to debate. DSM-III and DSM-IV provided a definition of mental disorder to help clinicians address this distinction. As part of the process of developing DSM-V, researchers have reviewed the concept of mental disorder and emphasized the need for additional work in this area. Here we review the DSM-IV definition of mental disorder and propose some changes. The approach taken here arguably takes a middle course through some of the relevant conceptual debates. We agree with the view that no definition perfectly specifies precise boundaries for the concept of mental/psychiatric disorder, but in line with a view that the nomenclature can improve over time, we aim here for a more scientifically valid and more clinically useful definition. © 2010 Cambridge University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Phillips, Katharine A.
United States, Providence
Brown University
Bolton, D.
United Kingdom, London
King's College London
Fulford, K. W.M.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Sadler, J. Z.
United States, Dallas
University of Texas Southwestern
Kendler, Kenneth S.
United States, Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Statistics
Citations: 399
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0033291709992261
ISSN:
00332917
e-ISSN:
14698978
Research Areas
Mental Health