'Now you actually have a blood test': Psychiatry's bible, the DSM, is getting upgraded to include biological markers. A psychiatrist explains what that means for mental health.
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For decades, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have used the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," or DSM, to diagnose patients with conditions such as major depression, anorexia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To reach diagnoses, mental health practitioners identify symptoms via interview, case history, questionnaire, or observation to paint a clinical picture.But for the next version of this "psychiatry bible", the DSM-6, scientists are planning
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