By Dave Elkins, Immediate Past President of Division 32 The DSM-5 Symposium sponsored by Division 32 at the APA Convention in Orlando (August 2-5, 2012) was an astounding success. The symposium, which was held on Friday morning, attracted more than 500 attendees, one of the best-attended symposia of the APA convention. APA filmed the session and plans to make it …

ISEPP STATEMENT ON THE DSM-V It is the position of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM), a publication of the American Psychiatric Association, is a political rather than scientific document, one which damages human beings. Despite the position of its authors that it is primarily descriptive, the …

To the DSM–5 Task Force and the American Psychiatric Association. As you know, the Open Letter Committee of the Society for Humanistic Psychology and the Coalition for DSM–5 Reform have been following the development of DSM–5 closely. We appreciate the opportunity for public commentary on the most recent version of the DSM–5 draft proposals. We intend to submit this brief …

The Association of Black Psychologists recently released a letter calling attention to similar concerns of The Coalition for DSM 5 Reform.

“Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog opposing the DSM 5′s proposal to reduce the DSM IV bereavement exclusion. This blog has since gone viral in the most incredible way- 100,000 readers within its first few weeks. It seems that this proposal is experienced as an outrageous insult by the very people it is intended to help. I have more than …