Faculty Opinions recommendation of Changing paradigms from a historical DSM-III and DSM-IV view toward an evidence-based definition of premature ejaculation. Part II--proposals for DSM-V and ICD-11.

Author(s):  
Richard Balon
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 679-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Morales ◽  
Javaad Zargooshi ◽  
Patrick Jern ◽  
Andrew McCullough ◽  
Wayne Hellstrom ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1759-1765 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Stein ◽  
K. A. Phillips ◽  
D. Bolton ◽  
K. W. M. Fulford ◽  
J. Z. Sadler ◽  
...  

The distinction between normality and psychopathology has long been subject to debate. DSM-III and DSM-IV provided a definition of mental disorder to help clinicians address this distinction. As part of the process of developing DSM-V, researchers have reviewed the concept of mental disorder and emphasized the need for additional work in this area. Here we review the DSM-IV definition of mental disorder and propose some changes. The approach taken here arguably takes a middle course through some of the relevant conceptual debates. We agree with the view that no definition perfectly specifies precise boundaries for the concept of mental/psychiatric disorder, but in line with a view that the nomenclature can improve over time, we aim here for a more scientifically valid and more clinically useful definition.


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