Joel Paris ● James Phillips
Editors

2013

Concepts and Controversies

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association is publishing the fi fth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). This book examines some of the conceptual and pragmatic issues raised by the new manual. DSM has sometimes been called “the bible of psychiatry.” This seems a strange term to describe a manual that only classifi es mental disorders, but does not explain them or guide their treatment.