Discover Your New Disorder Now!

The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-often referred to as “the Bible of psychiatry”-is set to be released in 2013, and the American Psychiatric Association has revealed some of the proposed changes. How has your particular brand of crazy-and we’ve all got at least one-been reclassified? Here’s a good summary, although it fails to note the proposal to eliminate “the distinction between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence,” which is very important to some of us. Also, the term “mental retardation” is out, which means Rahm Emmanuel is going to need a new epithet. May we suggest “binge eaters”?