A Warm Welcome to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition?

Author(s):
Emran Mohammad RazzaghiEmran Mohammad Razzaghi1,*
1Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Tel: +98-9121255458, Fax: +98-2155412232 Email: [email protected]

IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences:Vol. 8, issue 1; 1-4
Published online:Mar 30, 2014
Article type:Editorial
Received:Jan 05, 2014
Accepted:Feb 08, 2014
How to Cite:Razzaghi EM. A Warm Welcome to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition?. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2014;8(1):. doi:

Abstract

The present article discusses the reaction of psychiatric professionals and specifically the academia in Iran to the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, (DSM-5). It is argued that the reaction to changes and the approach of the new revision of DSM has been neither technical, nor emotional. This argument has further been examined for the previous revisions of the DSM and the conclusion is that the Iranian psychiatry has become alienated from the need and necessity of classification of mental disorders from a local and national point of view. The reason for this alienation has further been discussed and has been focused on the lack of contact between the psychiatric catchment areas and the academia.

Declaration of interest: None.

Citation: Razzaghi EM. A warm welcome to the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition? Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 2014; 8(1): 1-4.

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