Are you in favor of the new DSM V

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I am not

It depends which area.
Personality disorders: no
Autism spectrum disorders: mostly yes
Social communication disorder: no
ADHD: mostly yes
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I enjoy all the DSMs because I think it is really interesting to see how behavior is categorized. Since I am scent-oriented, I have to say the DSM-5 smells really good - better than DSM 3 and 4

I think a lot of the changes are dumb. I can't believe they took OCD out of the anxiety disorders. I'm all for adding an OC spectrum category, but OCD itself has its roots in anxiety, and taking it out of the anxiety disorder categories makes little sense. I also think it's dumb that they removed the "mood disorders" category. Why do bipolar disorders need to be all by themselves? Depression is part and parcel of bipolar disorders, so why separate unipolar depression and bipolar disorder?

am glad of the DSM V.

am greatful to be in the UK and diagnosed with 'learning disability' rather than mental retardation, its a truly outdated,offensive,incorret and very dehumanising term that doesnt even begin to represent our difficulties;we have a mental capacity that is significantly limited compared to average,and this has an impact on our basic functioning, its like comparing a computer dual processor to a single processor; obviously the dual processor will be able to do more but it doesnt mean the single processor is slow,it just cant handle complex stuff and much information very well like the average dual processor.

am not so glad that one year later;much of the autistic community have adapted to the ASD changes in the DSM very well but still use 'mental retardation' because they arent directly affected by it and think those of us who hate the term hate it because of political correctness.

Although I do like how they changed "mental retardation" to intelectually disabled.

Yes for ASD and intellectual disability. Confused on the other ones.