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From: "Jack Drescher"
Date: 15 June 2007 13:08:09 BDT
Subject: From the American Psychiatric Association: The DSM-V Process
From the American Psychiatric Association
The DSM-V Process
New disorders? Revised disorders? Better
differentiated disorders?
The APA has commenced an effort to revise the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is
expected to produce DSM-V in 2012. You may have already seen news stories
suggesting that a "new" disorder may make it into the next DSM. In fact, one
such story appears in today’s Headlines, about "video game addiction."
We want you, our members, to have the facts.
The DSM-V process has begun. We have named the chair and co-chair of the
DSM-V Task Force: David Kupfer, M.D., and Darrel Regier, M.D., M.P.H.,
respectively. And we are in the process of establishing the full task force,
which will have overall responsibility for DSM-V’s development. Stay tuned
for names, as we anticipate making an announcement in the second part of
July.
Thereafter we will move to establish some 20
to 25 workgroups, each consisting of 8 to 15 members with research and
clinical expertise in a given disorder or group of disorders. Only once
these groups are working can actual revisions to DSM be considered. All
changes and updates will be based on the latest and best science.
We hope you find this information helpful.
Revising DSM requires a years-long, rigorous process - and one that is
transparent and open to suggestions from you, our colleagues in the medical
and mental health communities, the public and elsewhere.
Sincerely,
The American Psychiatric Association
Jack Drescher, MD
jadres@psychoanalysis.net
http://www.jackdreschermd.net