Manual Mental facts

While investigating facts about Manual Mental Disorders and Diagnostic Manual Mental Disorders, I found out little known, but curios details like:

According to the US Attorney's manual, of the individuals who come to the Secret Service's attention as creating a possible danger to one of their protectees, approximately 75 percent are mentally ill.

how is the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders organized?

The DSM 1st edition, which was released in 1952 and became the "official manual" for mental disorders, listed 106 disorders; the 5th edition, released in 2013, lists 297.

What is the difference between mental skill and manual skill?

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what is the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders used for. Here are 13 of the best facts about Diagnostic Manual Mental and Mental Health First Aid Manual I managed to collect.

what is the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders?

1. Until 2013 the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed amennorhea (absence of periods) as a diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. Meaning males (and pre-/postmenopausal females) could not 'technically' be diagnosed it.

2. The origin of the term "running amok" is from a Malay spiritual/ cultural malady: a man suddenly seeks a weapon, goes to a public place, and causes as much harm as possible. The act is now commonly listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as "Amok Syndrome."

3. Rosa’s law (2010) officially removed the words “mentally retarded” and “mental retardation” from health and education code. The term The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (Fifth Edition) uses is Intellectually Disabled.

4. Internet Gaming Disorder, while without an official agreement on diagnostic criteria, was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition as a "condition for extra study".

5. For regular users, while caffeine is beneficial for physical performance (for exercise/training), it can also reduce mental power/agility, alertness, concentration and manual dexterity (links to sections 2 & 3 of video available in comments)

6. Critics of the DSM (psychiatrists bible) say that the manual and the process behind it are hopelessly and dangerously flawed and could cause harm to people who are labeled “mentally ill” when all they have is a variation of normal human behavior.

7. There is no designation of "False Memory Syndrome" in the latest (or any) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV)

8. Asperger's syndrome technically doesn't exist anymore due to it being removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders.

9. PMS is now considered a mental disorder by the DSM-5, which is the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", used by psychologists and doctors

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The American Psychiatric Association once designated pedophilia as a sexual orientation in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5 or DSM-V. They have since revised it.