A Professional's Opinion on the Battle of Who Should Define Mental Illness

According to blog post summary of Gary Greenbergs article "Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness," published December 27, 2010, definitions of certain illnesses are starting to change according to the writer of the DSM-IV. The DSM-IV is the book of all mental illnesses; this book pretty much defines every mental illness that you can think of, and is used my many physicians and psychiatrists to diagnose mental illnesses. The writer of the DSM-IV, Al Frances, notes in this article that some of these mental illnesses are starting to be questioned by psychoanalysts. Since many physciatric patients are questioning these physciatrists/physician diagnosis, the authority of these proffessionals is declining. The article suggests that the DSM may soon be "revolutionized or rendered obsolete."