Comments on: DSM-V: Transparency or Secrecy?

By: Transparency, Kupfer and the DSM-V | World of Psychology

Transparency, Kupfer and the DSM-V | World of Psychology — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:05:13 +0000

[...] Association, the folks responsible for the update, but they aren’t talking. We last wrote about this issue in November 2008, and apparently little has changed in the past seven [...]

By: Loose Screws Mental Health News (the ODD version) « depression introspection

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:44:01 +0000

[...] DSM-V is currently being crafted in secret but everyone in the medical field fully expects new disorders (such as subthreshold bipolar [...]

By: Todd Finnerty, Psy.D.

Todd Finnerty, Psy.D. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:45 +0000

Yeah, there is no real easy answer- even on the selection of who will be on the task force/ workgroups, you can learn more about the people selected at http://www.psych.org/dsmv.asp

By: Allan Cooperstein, Ph.D.

Allan Cooperstein, Ph.D. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:01:55 +0000

It’s a sad commentary when refinement of a tool as important as the DSM is cloaked in secrecy. It is akin to partisanship in politics and corporate egocentrism. If “mental health” professionals can not set aside self-interests and cooperate in the DSM’s formulation in a humane, profession-centered way–calling upon the best and brightest in mental health fields–it makes a mockery out of the fields they profess to practice.