DSM-5 released: Media, professional and advocacy reaction: Round up #6
May 24, 2013
Post #256 Shortlink: http://wp.me/pKrrB-34A
For earlier responses to the release of DSM-5 see Round up Posts #255, #254, #253, #252, #251 and #249
On May 16, CDC published a new report on children’s mental health which I am including in this DSM-5 round up.
Washington Post: CDC says 20 percent of U.S. children have mental health disorders Tony Pugh, May 19, 2013
Up to one in five American youngsters — about 7 million to 12 million, by one estimate — experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status of children in the country.
CDC article on new Report released May 16, 2013 can be accessed here:
http://www.cdc.gov/features/childrensmentalhealth/
Report in text format here: Children’s Mental Health – New Report
Report in PDF format here: PDF Children’s Mental Health – New Report
Thompson Reuters News & Insight: Lawyers worry new measure of mental retardation could prompt more executions Elizabeth Dilts, May 13, 2013
Lexology, US: “DSM-5 anxiety” may be new disorder for employers trying to navigate ADA Squire Sanders, Ryan A. Sobel, May 22, 2013
Pacific Standard, US: Now That the ‘DSM-5′ Is Out Can We Start Talking About the Effect It Will Have? Michael Dahr, May 23, 2013
The newly revised, hotly contested book of psychiatric diagnoses is finally here. How will it change the way we consider and treat substance use problems?
Michael Dahr is a medical and science writer who has written for Livescience.com, Science & Medicine, Iowa Outdoors, and various medical and research institutions.
The Conversation: DSM-5 won’t increase mental health work claims – here’s why Nick Glozier, May 23, 2013
Professor of Psychological Medicine, BMRI & Discipline of Psychiatry at University of Sydney
Times Higher Education: Psychiatry’s cause for anxiety Matthew Reisz, May 23, 2013
Focus on people, not technology or the DSM, to treat mental illness, Tom Burns tells Matthew Reisz
Telegraph, UK: Why are women still considered more insane than men? Will Nicholl, May, 23, 2013
ABC Australia: The Pulse DSM-5: why all the fuss? Claudine Ryan, May 23, 2013
…Dr Maria Tomasic, president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, says the DSM-5 is a useful tool designed to be used by medical professionals who understand its limitations. “We are concerned about the use of classification systems such as the DSM-5 by institutions such as courts or government bodies who often do not understand the complexity of diagnosis, and seek to simplify difficult decisions about funding or eligibility…”
[Professor Perminder] Sachdev says “it should not be used as a legal document or to help bench-mark social services and welfare payments, nor is it suitable for use in seven-minute consultations in a GPs office”.
Wood TV, US: Shrinks, critics face off over psychiatric manual Associated Press Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, May 22, 2013
The Take Away, US: Presenter John Hockenberry
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International, in collaboration with New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
Listen again The DSM and Mental Health in America, May 22, 2013
Guest: Allen Frances, MD | Produced by: Nikolay Nikolov and Jillian Weinberger
Listen again In Defense of the DSM-5 May 23, 2013
Guest: Jeffrey Lieberman, MD | Produced by: Kristen Meinzer
…the incoming president of the American Psychiatry Association, which revises the DSM, says the criticism is unwarranted. His name is Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, and he’s also chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University.
From Dx Summit platform
Counselors for Social Justice Position Statement on DSM-5 (first published August, 2011)
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