DSM-V Task Force Members Named

The American Psychiatric Association has announced the members of the task force chosen to oversee the latest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V).  The new task force is made up of 27 members including researchers, clinicians, and consumer advocates. 

During the teleconference in which the task force members were revealed, DSM-V Chair David J. Kupfer, M.D. stated that "As the nation's dictionary of mental illnesses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual plays a vital role in assuring that patients get proper diagnoses and treatments for their mental health concerns. The APA has entrusted the revision of the DSM to world-renowned scientists who have vast experience in research, clinical care, biology, genetics, statistics, epidemiology, public health and consumer advocacy. They have interests ranging from cross-cultural medicine and genetics to geriatric issues, ethics and addiction."

The DSM-V revision process is expected to continue over the next five years and is scheduled for publication in 2012.  The current version, the DSM-V, came out in 1994 and has remained essentially unchanged since that time except for a textual revision in 2000.    

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More information on the DSM-V revision can be found at  http://www.dsmv.org.