title: Are DSM and logic not on good terms?
abstract: We would like to draw attention to the fact that the recently published DSM-5 (and also its predecessor, DSM-IV) contains annoying errors that are mainly logical in nature. These mistakes are undoubtedly a result of inadvertence, rather than either conceptual (professional) disagreements between authors/editors or shortage of scientific data for appropriate circumscription of diagnostic categories. The good news is that since these errors are mainly logical ones, they can be recognised and repaired.
authors.affiliation: Peter Dome, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest; Zoltan Demeter, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest; Xenia Gonda, MA, PharmD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, and MTA-SE Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurochemistry Research Group, Budapest; Zoltan Rihmer, MD, PhD, DSc, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary dome_peter@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dome
authors.affiliation: Peter Dome, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest; Zoltan Demeter, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest; Xenia Gonda, MA, PharmD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, and MTA-SE Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurochemistry Research Group, Budapest; Zoltan Rihmer, MD, PhD, DSc, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Demeter
authors.affiliation: Peter Dome, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest; Zoltan Demeter, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest; Xenia Gonda, MA, PharmD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, and MTA-SE Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurochemistry Research Group, Budapest; Zoltan Rihmer, MD, PhD, DSc, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Xenia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gonda
authors.affiliation: Peter Dome, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest; Zoltan Demeter, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest; Xenia Gonda, MA, PharmD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, and MTA-SE Neuropsychopharmacology and Neurochemistry Research Group, Budapest; Zoltan Rihmer, MD, PhD, DSc, Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, and National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rihmer
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*