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A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Issues and implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice

Shadia Kawa and James Giordano*

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7:2 doi:10.1186/1747-5341-7-2

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Working towards a new psychiatry - neuroscience, technology and the DSM-5

Sabina Alam, Jigisha Patel, James Giordano Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2012, 7:1 (13 January 2012)

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In response to the forthcoming release of the DSM-5, James Giordano and colleagues discuss the movement towards a new psychiatry resulting from influences of economic and socio-cultural forces and advances in diagnostic techniques and neurotechnology.