Dx Revision Watch=20
http://dxrevisionwatch.wordpress.com/=20
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18 January 2012
When is the third and final public review of proposals for DSM-5 =
expected?
No firm date as yet. The DSM-5 Timeline still has a third and final =
review listed for January-February, for a two month long stakeholder =
review and comment period [2].=20
This information is outdated.=20
The APA has announced that its field trials are running behind schedule =
and some trials won't now be completed until March, this year.
The third and final draft is now expected to be released for public =
review and comment, "no later than May 2012?, according to DSM-5 Task =
Force Vice-chair, Darrel Regier, MD [3].
I will update as more information becomes available about the posting of =
the third and final draft.
DSM-5 proposals with the most relevance for us are the proposals of the =
"Somatic Symptom Disorders" Work Group for the revision of existing =
DSM-IV "Somatoform Disorders" categories. The SSD Work Group's current =
proposals can be found on the DSM-5 Development website [4].
iPetition for professionals:
An Open Letter and Petition sponsored by an ad hoc committee of the =
Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of the American =
Psychological Association), in alliance with several other American =
Psychological Association Divisions, has attracted nearly 11,000 =
signatures with 40 mental health professional bodies and mental health =
organizations publicly endorsing the Open Letter [5].
The "Coalition for DSM-5 Reform" committee is calling on the American =
Psychiatric Association to submit its draft proposals for new categories =
and criteria for DSM-5 to independent scientific review.
Please note that the Society for Humanistic Psychology iPetition is for =
signing by mental health professionals and allied mental health =
professionals; it is not intended for signing by patients.
American Psychiatric Publishing serves "cease and desist" letters and =
threats of legal action against Suzy Chapman:
A reminder that the site formerly operating under the subdomain =
dsm5watch.wordpress.com and known as "DSM-5 and ICD-11 Watch" is now =
known as "Dx Revision Watch" - Monitoring the development of DSM-5, =
ICD-11, ICD-10-CM and operating at http://dxrevisionwatch.wordpress.com/
The issuing of legal threats on behalf of the American Psychiatric =
Association, just before Christmas, has generated considerable interest =
and outrage amongst blogging mental health professionals [6].
I am collating commentaries from Allen Frances MD, who had chaired the =
DSM-IV Task Force, Bernard Carroll MD, Margaret Soltan PhD, Dan Carlat =
MD, Howard Brody MD, PhD, Jack Carney DSW, author Gary Greenberg, Steve =
Balt MD, Paula J. Caplan PhD, Mindhacks, Daniel Lende, 1 Boring Old Man =
(Mickey Nardo MD), James Gaulte MD, and advocates in Post #123, on this =
page of my site: http://wp.me/pKrrB-1Bi=20
References:
1] DSM-5 Development site
http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx
2] DSM-5 Timeline
http://www.dsm5.org/about/Pages/Timeline.aspx
3] DSM-5 Task Force Ponders Round 2 of Public Feedback: Deborah Brauser =
for Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2011
4] Somatic Symptom Disorders=20
http://tinyurl.com/Somatic-Symptom-Disorders=20
Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder (CSSD) criteria
http://tinyurl.com/DSM-5-CSSD =20
Simple Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSSD) criteria
http://tinyurl.com/DSM-5-SSSD =20
Key documents: Disorders Description
http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Somatic/Somatic%20Symptom%20Disorders%20des=
cription%20April%2018,%202011.pdf=20
Rationale/Validity Propositions
http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Somatic/DSM%20Validity%20Propositions%204-1=
8-11.pdf=20
5] Coalition for DSM-5 Reform (an ad hoc committee of the Society for =
Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological =
Association) Open Letter and Petition for Professionals
http://dsm5-reform.com/
6] Coverage of APA's threats of legal action against Suzy Chapman
http://wp.me/pKrrB-1Bi
Suzy Chapman
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