In the evolving landscape of mental health diagnostics, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) stands as the cornerstone. While it is far from a perfect tool, its revisions ...

Hypersexual behavior disorder will not be in the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Disorders (DSM-V). Opinions about this decision by the American Psychiatric ...

Addiction is typically characterized as a disease by experts and government officials. Yet, unlike most known diseases, the treatment of addiction is not based on scientific evidence nor is it ...

The DSM-5-TR is Big Pharma’s official guide for mental health illnesses, syndromes, diagnoses, and treatment protocols across ...

A seemingly small and barely noticed organizational change in DSM-5 disguises what is really a giant conceptual leap—one that may eventually cause large and harmful unintended consequences. In DSM IV, ...

Problem gambling has often been described as a “hidden addiction.” It doesn’t have the outward signs that are observed with other addictions like alcohol or drugs. It also hasn’t received the same ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MDMedically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Addictive personality traits are a hypothetical set of characteristics that may make a person more likely to ...