DSM-V Field Trial Results Now In!!
May 5, 2012
Medscape Psychiatry has announced that the results of the firld trials for changes in DSM-IV, to be included in DSM-V, to be officially published in 2013, will very soon be announced at this year's conference of the American Psychiatric Association. This is important for followers of resarch and treatment for survivors ofchildhood abuse and trauma, as it should foretell the future of the inclusion of Developmental Trauma Disorder in the new version of ths Diagnostic Manual -- (see the publications page at the Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute for the seminal articles)-- one of THE core issues in our field. Also at the conference will be the results of field trials for changes in the criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and thus likely to affect the treatment of adult sufferers of childhood abuse and neglect -- will you still be a "Personality Disorder" after this year's conference? Will it change how you can hope to be treated? Stay tuned, subscribe to this blog, and find out. As soon as I find out, I'll post it here.