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See article below about more problems with the New DSM 5.

Thanks,

Mitch Silvers.

From: clegge@...Reply-to: GRASP_FamiliesAndClinicians To: shahmeran@...Sent: 2/12/2012 6:46:40 P.M. Pacific Standard TimeSubj: [GRASP_FamiliesAndClinicians] (article) Head of DSM-IV Nails What's Wrong with the DSM-V

Head of DSM-IV Nails What's Wrong with DSM-V Dr. Frances was the head of the American Psychiatric Association's team that wrote the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV, the document that defines autism spectrum disorders and other psychiatric disorders. He is the leading critic of the DSM-V, which among other things will end "autism" as we know it.The following is a scathing editorial by Dr. Frances published a few days ago in the Psychiatric Times, in which he argues that at the very least publication of the DSM-V must be delayed until it can be competently written and tested for impacts on people in the real world. He also suggests that the performance of the APA has been so poor that in the future they will have to sacrifice their sole control of writing the DSM, which is the equivalent of surrendering their control of defining psychiatric disorders.Please pass this important article on to friends and family and and post it to Facebook and other social networks.more...