Tag: Schizophrenia

Why DSM 5 is not a textbook.

Posted on By pukeko
Kenneth Kendler is one of the authors of DSM IV, and he is concerned about the current tendency to use the classification system, which lists criteria to index or classify syndromes, to teach the condition. For this misses the richness of… Read More

Brightly mad or reaction?

Posted on By Chris Gale
An editorial on the cognitive deficit paper, which sort of misses the point. If a child in a family is running two SD behind their siblings there is something wrong with that kid, and that may be an early sign of psychosis. Looking for a… Read More

In defense of psychiatric syndromes.

Posted on By pukeko
This post has taken some time to get together. In my professional life, the Americans (who, as usual, are the outliers) have decided to revise their version of the diagnostic manual. When this was first put forward, there was a hope that with the… Read More