Salon.com > American Psychology Association http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Controversial changes to stay in DSM-5 http://www.salon.com/2012/12/02/controversial_changes_to_stay_in_dsm_5/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/02/controversial_changes_to_stay_in_dsm_5/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13112763 The board of the American Pyschiatric Association yesterday approved revisions that will comprise the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the diagnostic manual dubbed the "psychiatry bible." Health care professionals and policy makers have been watching closely, as the influential guidebook has not been revised since its fourth edition came out in 1994 (a text revision was made in 2000). Though the APA has stayed pretty quiet about the finalized revisions, MedPage's John Gever reported that some of the most controversial proposals, specifically within the Autism community, will appear in the new DSM:

  •  Children aged older than 6 who "show frequent bursts of anger along with chronic irritability" may be diagnosed with "Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder." This diagnosis seems problematic to Autism Speaks', Geraldine Dawson, who said they remained "concerned about the impact of the new DSM-5 criteria when they are used in real world settings."
  • Autism-related conditions will be lumped under the "autism spectrum disorder," an attempt to reorganize the current DSM by bunching them into a single category.

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