DSM-5 Update: The Committee Starts to Dig OUT
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Dear all:
A slew of articles have recently come out. Dr. Allen Frances (architect of the DSM-IV) denounces the ideas and work habits of the Committee again (but this time in the New York Times), the Committee defends itself again, but cracks in the armor have appeared in the removal of two proposed ideas that fell under heavy criticism. No change—yet—to the proposed criteria for an Autism Spectrum condition, but we're sensing openings as the overall authority of the DSM itself keeps becoming more and more questioned as the controversy drags on.
No word (which could mean an overall "no") as yet to our demands for the proposed changes to undergo an independent scientific review, and the a risk/benefit analysis of the impact on clinical services.
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By Allen Frances
From the New York Times
Allen Frances nails the Committee again
By John Gever
From MedPage Today
Really an awful, Committee-fed promo piece without any voice of dissent (Boo, Mr. Gever!) but it gives an example of what the Committee is continuing to try to feed the public as though no need for accountability exists in the wake of so much evidence to the contrary.
By Don Wade
From Scripps News Wire Services
By Benedict Carey
From the New York Times
First news of the backdown/staredown on non-spectrum related DSM controversies
By Michelle Castillo
From CBS News
By Ferris Jabr
From Scientific American
By Edward Shorter
From Scientific American
The above two are the second and third parts of a series (Part One was issued to you all, through us, in one of our previous updates)
By Amy Maxmen
From Nature, and Scientific American
By Ian Urbina
From the New York Times
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The Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership, Inc.
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