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PostSubject: New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders means more addicts   New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders means more addicts Icon_minitimeSun May 13, 2012 6:32 pm
IN WHAT could prove to be one of their most far-reaching decisions, psychiatrists and other specialists who are rewriting the manual that serves as the US arbiter of mental illness have agreed to revise the definition of addiction.

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This could result in millions more people being diagnosed as addicts and pose huge consequences for health insurers and taxpayers.

The revision to the manual, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, would expand the list of recognised symptoms for drug and alcohol addiction, while also reducing the number of symptoms required for a diagnosis, state proposed changes posted on the website of the American Psychiatric Association, which produces the book.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/new-guide-means-more-addicts-20120512-1yjfo.html#ixzz1un9Fv6F4
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