[Commpsych] Calls for comments on DSMV

[Katie Thomas]

Dear All,
Thanks to the UK list for the provision of this timely information. Some
rigorous social analysis and commentary may be salutory.
Kind regards
Katie
 Dr. Katie Thomas *Telethon Institute for Child Health Research* PO Box 855
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The DSM-5 website has been updated and is inviting comments. There are also
several new proposals including *Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder*.
 DSM-5:

At this time, we are asking visitors to review and comment on the proposed
DSM-5 organizational structure and criteria changes. Please note that *the
current commenting period will end on June 15, 2011*. It is important to
remember that the proposed structure featured here is only a draft. These
proposed headings were reviewed by the DSM-5 Task Force in November 2010. A
recent article<https://owa.ichr.uwa.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/5/7.full?sid=cf7bee48-b91b-4687-88f5-80b7bab5c07b>
by
APA President Carol A. Bernstein, M.D., published in *Psychiatric News*,
provides an informative background as to why they were developed.
Furthermore, all of the revisions on this site – the chapter headings as
well as the diagnostic criteria – are still preliminary. They are under
continual review by the DSM-5 Task Force and the APA Board of Trustees. Many
of the diagnostic criteria sets are being tested in the large
academic-medical field trial settings, and *all* will be included in field
trial tests as potential diagnoses for patients seen in the routine clinical
practice settings.

www.dsm5.org<https://owa.ichr.uwa.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.dsm5.org>

Please forward this email widely and comment on the proposed changes.
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