Paper
Mixed features of depression: why DSM-5 is wrong (and so was DSM-IV)
Published Jul 1, 2013 · S. Ghaemi, G. Sani, A. Koukopoulos
British Journal of Psychiatry
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Abstract
Summary The DSM system has never acknowledged a central position for mixed states; thus, mixed depressions have been almost completely neglected for decades. Now, DSM-5 is proposing diagnostic criteria for depression with mixed features that will lead to more misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment of this syndrome. Different criteria, based on empirically stronger evidence than exists for the DSM-5 criteria, should be adopted.
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Highly CitedDSM-5's diagnostic criteria for depression with mixed features may lead to more misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment, and stronger evidence-based criteria should be adopted.
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