The American Psychiatric Association will include biomarkers in the next DSM edition, though such markers remain unvalidated for routine clinical use. Research has spanned decades with limited adoption despite potential to guide treatment selection.
The American Psychiatric Association released a roadmap for the future DSM in January 2026, proposing to incorporate biomarkers and rename the manual to reflect scientific scope. A new conceptual framework suggests using electrical and chemical signals to explain mental disorders and human intelligence.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed ketogenic diets can cure schizophrenia, but psychiatry experts say the assertion goes far beyond what current scientific evidence supports.
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