What is the consensus among psychiatrist regarding the validity of the DSM5. I've heard most clinicians use it for insurance/billing purposes rather than as taking the diagnosis seriously. Is this true? I'm ignorant regarding the current state psychiatry. Link any articles or journals!
Current attitudes toward the DSM5?
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In today’s medical landscape you need a diagnosis code to bill for something. DSM5 acts as a good tool to produce diagnosis codes. Based on the DSM5, basically everyone has some kind of mental health diagnosis. Very few people fit a DSM5 diagnosis perfectly as mental health is very rarely by the book. But physician needs to get paid, so diagnosis codes it is.
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You could have posted this in the psychiatry forum . But the dsm is just a tool . But most people in psychiatry or psychology do focus on what the dsm states .
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You don't treat the diagnosis you treat the symptoms.
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Mostly for billing/insurance purposes. It is rarely used for a clinician to conduct a 2 hour assessment/interview and then formulate a diagnosis based upon the interview. Out of all of the diagnoses, the common ones are schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. You will hardly ever see someone diagnosed with a personality disorder even if they have one.
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