Just three days left before second DSM-5 stakeholder review closes
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On June 16, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) announced an extension to its second public stakeholder review of draft proposals for categories and criteria for the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which will be known as “DSM-5”.
The closing date for submissions is now Friday, July 15.
There are just three more days left in which to submit letters of concern in response to the potentially damaging proposals being put forward by the Work Group for “Somatic Symptom Disorders” – the DSM-5 committee charged with the revision of existing DSM-IV “Somatoform Disorders” categories.
If you haven’t already submitted a comment, please do, however brief. You’ll find information on making submissions in this post: http://tinyurl.com/DSM-5-register-to-comment.
Proposed criteria and two key documents are posted here: http://wp.me/pKrrB-13z.
For examples of letters of concern, copies of this year’s submissions, including the Coalition4ME/CFS’s resource materials and template letter, are collated here on my Dx Revision Watch site:
These include letters of concern from international patient organizations, professional stakeholders, patients, patient advocates and professional bodies.
If you have already submitted but have other points to make, please submit a second response.
If you know an informed professional please alert them today to the implications for patients with ME, CFS, IBS, FM, CI, CS, Gulf War illness and other illnesses that are bundled under the “Functional Somatic Syndromes” and “Medically Unexplained” umbrellas.
If the Work Group’s current proposals are approved, these illnesses will be sitting ducks for an additional “bolt-on” mental health diagnosis of a “Somatic Symptom Disorder”.
If you haven’t yet registered your concerns, please get a letter in before the feedback period closes on July 15!
Second DSM-5 public review of draft criteria
The closing date for comments in the second DSM-5 public review has been extended to July 15.
Register to submit feedback via the DSM-5 Development website here: http://tinyurl.com/Somatic-Symptom-Disorders
Once registered, log in with username and password and go to page: http://tinyurl.com/DSM-5-CSSD
Copies of this year’s submissions are being collated here: http://wp.me/PKrrB-19a
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