The organization of chapters in the dsm iv is

The organization of chapters in the DSM-IV is designed to demonstrate how disorders are related
to one another. Throughout the entire manual, disorders are framed in age, gender, and
developmental characteristics. The multi-axial system has been eliminated to remove artificial
distinctions between medical and mental disorders. It also includes 9 cultural concepts of distress
in the Glossary of Cultural Concepts of Distress to describe syndromes likely to be seen in

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specific regions. A cultural formulation interview consisting of 16 questions clinicians can use to
understand how culture may be shaping the clinical presentation. There have been revisions
made to the ADHD Diagnosis, increasing details on PTSD symptoms, the elimination of
childhood bipolar disorder, and the Autism Spectrum has been unified with 4 other separately
classified issues. (Ref book).
The changes in the new DSM-IV has made some very definitive changes to the
classification of mental disorders. Critics of the DSM point out that the loosening of diagnosis
thresholds for many illnesses, those with expensive pharmaceutical treatment options, have been
changed in the DSM-IV. This leads to over-diagnosing and treatment of patients who probably
do not require it. (Turpen, A, 2013). It seems that the World Health Organization )WHO) prefers