You can view the new version, old version, and discussion of the changes here: http://www.dsm5.org/proposedrevision/pages/depressivedisorders.aspx
It's really alarming to me that the new revisions are apparently not allowing mental healthcare providers to diagnose depression and GAD correctly. According to the CDC, almost 1 in 10 adults in the US have depression at any one time. Almost 5% of all adults have "major" depression. It is one of the most common mental health diagnoses, with a high comorbidity, and the DSM-5 is not allowing MHCPs to diagnose it correctly. This is a Problem, and to me, it speaks to the potential for larger issues with the DSM-5. As that article points out, the DSM-5 was slated to go into use in about a year, so at this rate, it can either go forth mis-diagnosing 5-10% of US adults, or they can go back to the drawing board. I sort of suspect they are going to push forward. What issues have they not discovered yet?
As much as I have Feelings about the diagnosis/naming/categorization of mental health concerns, which are SO individual, you'd sort of hope the people in charge of doing that would be able to do it at a rate that they themselves have identified as acceptably reliable.
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Date: 2012-05-28 05:04 am (UTC)It's really alarming to me that the new revisions are apparently not allowing mental healthcare providers to diagnose depression and GAD correctly. According to the CDC, almost 1 in 10 adults in the US have depression at any one time. Almost 5% of all adults have "major" depression. It is one of the most common mental health diagnoses, with a high comorbidity, and the DSM-5 is not allowing MHCPs to diagnose it correctly. This is a Problem, and to me, it speaks to the potential for larger issues with the DSM-5. As that article points out, the DSM-5 was slated to go into use in about a year, so at this rate, it can either go forth mis-diagnosing 5-10% of US adults, or they can go back to the drawing board. I sort of suspect they are going to push forward. What issues have they not discovered yet?
As much as I have Feelings about the diagnosis/naming/categorization of mental health concerns, which are SO individual, you'd sort of hope the people in charge of doing that would be able to do it at a rate that they themselves have identified as acceptably reliable.