Controversies Associated With Changing Diagnostic Criteria
In their article “An Overview of the DSM-5: Changes, Controversy, and Implications for Psychiatric Nursing”, Halter, Rolin-Kenny, &Dzurec (2013 outline three controversies that were anticipated. These controversies include educational classification systems, treatment plans, and how insurance companies will determine the kind of services to be paid for (Halter et al., 2013) Indeed these are legitimate concerns for a number of reasons. Firstly, given the fact that some conditi