Friday, July 15, 2011

ACT: Important notice from DSM-5 Development (extension to midnight July 18)

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From Suzy Chapman for http://dsm5watch.wordpress.com

15 July 2011

Important notice from DSM-5 Development

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http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx


Friday, July 15th: We are experiencing some site difficulties and our
system is unable to accept comments today. As this is the final day of our
open comment period, we encourage you to submit your comments to
dsm5@psych.org. We will make sure your comments, if posted by midnight,
July 18th, are directed to the appropriate DSM work group(s) for their
review. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your
contributions to this important diagnostic revision.

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If you haven't already submitted a letter, this year, and if you are up to
it, I urge you to register and submit feedback, today. The closing date has
been extended by the APA to midnight, Monday July 18.

Send comments to

dsm5@psych.org

by midnight, July 18.

Put:

"For the attention of Somatic Symptom Disorder Work Group" in the Subject
line.


Copies of this year's submissions, including the Coalition4ME's "Call to
Action" resources and template letter, are being collated here:
http://tinyurl.com/DSM5submissions2011

The two key PDF documents "Disorders Descriptions" and "Rationale", which
expand on the Work Group's proposals are here:

http://tinyurl.com/SSD-Disorders-Description

http://tinyurl.com/SSD-Justification-of-Criteria


Suzy Chapman
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