Mental Illness Diagnostic Manual Rewritten

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Mental Illness Diagnostic Manual Rewritten

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A first draft of the new psychiatric manual -- to be finalized in 2013 -- makes major changes in how a wide range of mental illnesses will be diagnosed.

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