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Paradigm shifts and the development of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: past experiences and future aspirationsMichael B First
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Can J Psychiatry 55:692-700. 2010..Dissatisfaction with the current categorical descriptive approach has led to aspirations for a paradigm shift for DSM-5...
Commentary on Krueger and Eaton's "Personality traits and the classification of mental disorders: toward a more complete integration in DSM-5 and an empirical model of psychopathology": real-world considerations in implementing an empirically baMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Personal Disord 1:123-6. 2010..In this instance, the challenge is adapting a complex dimensional trait scheme developed and utilized almost exclusively by the research community, for clinical use...- The DSM-IV Text Revision: rationale and potential impact on clinical practiceMichael B First
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:288-92. 2002..S. government uses officially for health care reporting. This paper reviews the rationale for the text revision and describes changes that may have an impact on the day-to-day use of DSM-IV... - Clinical utility: a prerequisite for the adoption of a dimensional approach in DSMMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 114:560-4. 2005..Approaches to promote user acceptability and the development of an empirical database include dimensionalizing existing DSM categories and including research dimensions in the DSM appendix... - DSM-5 proposals for mood disorders: a cost-benefit analysisMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 24:1-9. 2011..The review examines draft proposals for changes in mood disorders (posted February 2010 on DSM-5 web site), explains their rationale, and considers relative costs vs. benefits... - Relational processes in the DSM-V revision process: comment on the special sectionMichael B First
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 1007, USA
J Fam Psychol 20:356-8. 2006..The current special section summarizes the conference proceedings and should serve as a valuable resource for the DSM-V revision process... - Classification for clinical practice: how to make ICD and DSM better able to serve cliniciansMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Int Rev Psychiatry 19:473-81. 2007.... - Harmonisation of ICD-11 and DSM-V: opportunities and challengesMichael B First
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, 1051 Riverside Drive Unit 60, New York, NY 10032, USA
Br J Psychiatry 195:382-90. 2009..The forthcoming parallel development of DSM-V and ICD-11 offers an opportunity to harmonise the two classifications... - Use of DSM paraphilia diagnoses in sexually violent predator commitment casesMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 36:443-54. 2008..Finally, we discuss the appropriate use of a paraphilia NOS diagnosis in SVP cases... - The inclusion of child pornography in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for pedophilia: conceptual and practical problemsMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 39:250-4. 2011..e., visual depictions of real children), excluding written or aural forms or virtual images... - Mutually exclusive versus co-occurring diagnostic categories: the challenge of diagnostic comorbidityMichael B First
Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Psychopathology 38:206-10. 2005..e., a single diagnosis to account for all symptoms)... - Weighing the pro's and con's of reclassifying dyspareuniaMichael B First
Biometrics Research Department, NewYork State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 60, New York, New York 10032
Arch Sex Behav 34:30-2, 57-61; author reply 63-7. 2005 - Desire for amputation of a limb: paraphilia, psychosis, or a new type of identity disorderMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Psychol Med 35:919-28. 2005..The objective of this paper is to describe and conceptualize an unusual and probably rare condition: the intense longstanding desire to have an amputation... - The DSM series and experience with DSM-IVMichael B First
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
Psychopathology 35:67-71. 2002..The challenge for the future will be to integrate the two systems to produce, as much as possible, a unified system for international diagnostic communication... - Clinical utility as a criterion for revising psychiatric diagnosesMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, Colummbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:946-54. 2004..The authors propose that future revisions of DSM empirically demonstrate improvement in clinical utility to clarify whether the advantages of changing the diagnostic criteria outweigh potential negative consequences... - Body integrity identity disorder: the persistent desire to acquire a physical disabilityMichael B First
Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychopathology 45:3-14. 2012..This review aims to characterize the history and phenomenology of this condition, to present its differential diagnosis, and to consider possible etiologies, treatment options, and ethical considerations... 
The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 2: Issues of conservatism and pragmatism in psychiatric diagnosisJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St, Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:8. 2012..As in Part 1 of this article, the general introduction, as well as the introductions and conclusions for the specific questions, are written by James Phillips, and the responses to commentaries are written by Allen Frances...- The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 3: issues of utility and alternative approaches in psychiatric diagnosisJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St, Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:9. 2012..As in Parts 1 & 2 of this article, the general introduction, as well as the introductions and conclusions for the specific questions, are written by James Phillips, and the responses to commentaries are written by Allen Frances... - Comorbid Axis I and Axis II disorders in early adolescence: outcomes 20 years laterThomas N Crawford
Children in the Community Study, 100 Haven Ave, Ste 31F, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:641-8. 2008..Although Axis II personality disorders in adolescence have been linked to psychopathology and psychosocial impairment in early adulthood, little is known about their effects over longer periods... - Adverse outcomes associated with personality disorder not otherwise specified in a community sampleJeffrey G Johnson
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Box 60, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1926-32. 2005.... - Clinical utility of five dimensional systems for personality diagnosis: a "consumer preference" studyRobert L Spitzer
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:356-74. 2008..A prototype matching approach to personality diagnosis deserves consideration for DSM-V... - The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue. Part 4: general conclusionJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St, Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:14. 2012..This reflection leads toward a view of psychiatric disorders - and future nosologies - as far more complex and uncertain than we have imagined... - Development and validation of a new procedure for the diagnostic assessment of personality disorder: the Multidimensional Personality Disorder Rating Scale (MPDRS)Jeffrey G Johnson
Columbia University, New York, USA
J Pers Disord 22:246-58. 2008.... - Extending the bereavement exclusion for major depression to other losses: evidence from the National Comorbidity SurveyJerome C Wakefield
School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:433-40. 2007..However, the DSM does not similarly exempt depressive reactions to other losses, even when they are uncomplicated in duration and severity... - Stability of early-phase primary psychotic disorders with concurrent substance use and substance-induced psychosisCarol L M Caton
Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York 10032, USA
Br J Psychiatry 190:105-11. 2007..The stability of the diagnostic distinction between a substance-induced psychosis and a primary psychotic disorder co-occurring with substance use is not established... - Placing symptoms in context: the role of contextual criteria in reducing false positives in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosesJerome C Wakefield
Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY 10003, USA
Compr Psychiatry 53:130-9. 2012..We, thus, systematically reviewed DSM categories to establish the extent of such uses of contextual criteria and created a typology of such uses... - Stigmatization and receptivity to mental health services among recently bereaved adultsJeffrey G Johnson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Death Stud 33:691-711. 2009.... - The psychosis risk syndrome and its proposed inclusion in the DSM-V: a risk-benefit analysisCheryl M Corcoran
Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Schizophr Res 120:16-22. 2010..More research is needed to improve the positive predictive value of the psychosis risk syndrome so that it can be considered for inclusion in future editions of the DSM... - Association between television viewing and sleep problems during adolescence and early adulthoodJeffrey G Johnson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:562-8. 2004..Although research has suggested that extensive television viewing may be associated with sleep problems, the direction of this association has not yet been determined... - Sexual and other axis I diagnoses of 60 males arrested for crimes against children involving the InternetRichard B Krueger
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
CNS Spectr 14:623-31. 2009..This study was conducted to describe Axis I sexual diagnoses of 60 males arrested for possession of child pornography obtained via the Internet and/or attempting to meet children via the Internet... - Diagnosing psychotic disorders in the emergency department in the context of substance useBella M Schanzer
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10043, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1468-73. 2006..This study examined the accuracy and subsequent treatment implications of emergency department diagnoses among substance-using patients who were having their first psychotic episode... - The six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue part 1: conceptual and definitional issues in psychiatric diagnosisJames Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 7:3. 2012..The general introduction, as well as the introductions and conclusions for the specific questions, are written by James Phillips, and the responses to commentaries are written by Allen Frances... - Self-reported personality disorder in the children in the community sample: convergent and prospective validity in late adolescence and adulthoodThomas N Crawford
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Pers Disord 19:30-52. 2005..Unlike other self-report scales, the CIC-SR did not appear to overestimate diagnoses when compared with SCID-II clinical diagnoses... - Saving PTSD from itself in DSM-VRobert L Spitzer
Columbia University, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:233-41. 2007..We believe the more stringent criteria express the intent of the PTSD category and will promote more effective research on whether that intent was legitimate or based on misconceptions... - The APA classification of mental disorders: future perspectivesDarrel A Regier
Division of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Psychopathology 35:166-70. 2002..Recommendations for future national and international research in each of these areas will be discussed... - Classification of psychiatric disordersRobert L Spitzer
JAMA 294:1898-9; author reply 1899-900. 2005 - Issues for DSM-V: DSM-V should include a conceptual issues work groupKenneth S Kendler
Am J Psychiatry 165:174-5. 2008 - Beyond clinical utility: broadening the DSM-V research appendix to include alternative diagnostic constructsMichael B First
Am J Psychiatry 163:1679-81. 2006 - Including laboratory tests in DSM-V diagnostic criteriaMichael B First
Am J Psychiatry 163:2041-2. 2006 - Separation of anxiety and depressive disorders: New tools will lead to more valid classification systemMichael B First
BMJ 327:869-70; author reply 870. 2003 - Issues for DSM-V: unintended consequences of small changes: the case of paraphiliasMichael B First
Am J Psychiatry 165:1240-1. 2008 - General medical and psychiatric perspectives on somatoform disorders: separated by an uncommon languageMartin Strassnig
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:194-200. 2006..body' disorders, may reduce stigma associated with current diagnostic labeling, improve user acceptability, and stimulate research in this important but still fragmented clinical area that still lacks agreed-upon diagnostic definitions...