Mixed features of depression: Why DSM-5 is wrong (and so was DSM-IV)

Athanasios Koukopoulos; Gabriele Sani; S. Nassir Ghaemi

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.124404

Mixed features of depression: Why DSM-5 is wrong (and so was DSM-IV)

Athanasios Koukopoulos, Gabriele Sani, S. Nassir Ghaemi

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-5
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	203
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.124404
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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