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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) announced some of their proposed changes for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM), to be published in 2013. The DSM is the official dictionary of mental disorders recognized by the APA. Doctors use the DSM to diagnose patients, and insurance companies use it to decide on reimbursement, so it's incredibly important in the profession of psychiatry.


Some of these changes are pretty significant. They include:

  • "new categories for learning disorders and a single diagnostic category, 'autism spectrum disorders' that will incorporate the current diagnoses of autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder…,

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  • "creating a new category of 'behavioral addictions,' in which gambling will be the sole Disorder,

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  • "a new category, temper dysregulation with dysphoria within the Mood Disorders section [to] better differentiate children with [severe mood dysregulation] from those with bipolar disorder or oppositional defiant disorder

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  • "new recognition of binge eating disorder", and

  • elevating 'cutting' from symptom to mental disorder.

In the upcoming days, Off The Couch will have more info about this, including thoughts from our co-founder, psychologist Matthew McKay, Ph.D., as well as some of our authors. In the meantime, here are some news articles about the proposed changes:

AP: Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose

KQED: Diagnosing Mental Disorders: Downplaying Checklists

New Scientist: Psychiatry's draft new 'bible' goes online

NPR: Asperger's Officially Placed Inside Autism Spectrum,

Binge Eating Officially Defined As A Mental Disorder,

Children Labeled 'Bipolar' May Get A New Diagnosis,

'Cutting' Elevated From Symptom To Mental Disorder

NY Daily News: Sex addiction, obesity, Internet addiction not included in proposed changes to APA diagnostic manual

NYT: Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind

TIME: DSM-5: Hoarding, binge-eating and hypersexuality

USA Today: Psychiatry's bible: Autism, binge-eating updates proposed for 'DSM'

Washington Post: Revision to the bible of psychiatry, DSM, could introduce new mental disorders

WSJ: Shifts Ahead for Mental Diagnoses

If you are interested in interviewing a New Harbinger author about the proposed changes, please e-mail me and I will get you in touch with whomever you are requesting.
Posted By adia / 3:26 PM / Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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