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Nation’s psychiatrists rework diagnostic manual

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Asperger's is out, but binge eating and hoarding are in as official mental disorders in the latest version of the the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. "It overmedicalizes human distress," said Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple, who is among those leading an effort for an International Summit on Diagnostic Alternatives next year as a response to the DSM-5.