APA: Major Changes Loom for Bible of Mental Health
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/APA/142705/19/09
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 -- Some familiar disorders may be dropped and diagnostic criteria for others are in line for substantial revision in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).
Schizoaffective disorder and gender identity disorder are among those that may be on the chopping block, according to members of the working groups leading the revision who spoke here at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.
