The new version of the main psychiatric diagnosis manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, loosens the criteria for defining some rather ordinary conditions as mental illnesses. This could lead to many more employees claiming job-protected disabilities covered under the ADA.
New psych manual could open floodgates for disability cases
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