BDAM-1-CV: Black Diagnostic and Assessment Manual of Mental Disorders Hardcover – April 17, 2012

There have been many criticisms of DSM. The main critique is that psychiatry is trying to pathologize increasing amounts of normal human behavior. The new diagnoses in DSM are modest, evidence-based, and are ways of better describing the types of problems that people come into psychiatrists' and psychologists' offices asking for help with. For me the main problem with the manual is actually that it's not bold enough, not forward thinking enough. With BDAM-1-CV many of the gaps in diagnosis have been filled. This book is a productive and eye opening look in diagnosing previously under diagnosed condition within a post-traumatic community. A great addition to go along with the DSM.