Yet faced with evidence of this disastrous epidemic, the DSM-IV did not delete the diagnosis.

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In the parlance of the DSM-IV, is narcissism a true personality disorder or a character disorder?

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But the DSM-IV failed to ask the same question when, for example, it retained Multiple Personality Disorder.

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The diagnostic manual of mental problems, called the DSM-IV, defines ADD by a set of eighteen symptoms.

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In the nearly two decades since DSM-IV -- such Roman numerals suggest a chiseling in stone, don't they?

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Accordingly, in "Saving Normal, " Dr. Frances attempts the delicate task of debunking the DSM-5 while justifying his own DSM-IV.

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By the DSM-IV definition, the term ADHD includes both ADHD with hyperactivity (the H in ADHD) and ADHD without hyperactivity.

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In these instances, the qEEG becomes even more valuable, as well as the standardized rating scales, especially the DSM-IV criteria.

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The other part, the part that the DSM-IV and other catalogs of pathology leave out, is the zesty side of ADD.

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By the current DSM-IV definition, ADD technically does not exist.

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In addition to the history, which should include questions based upon the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and the qEEG and sometimes the SPECT, other standardized sets of questions, such as the ADHD Rating Scale or the Brown scale, add confidence to the diagnosis.

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