Will the ME Association comment this year in the second DSM-5 public and stakeholder review open until 15th June ?

Suzy Chapman:

APA announces Review of draft proposals for criteria and structure for DSM-5 is now open and runs from May to 15th June

As the second public review of draft criteria and structure was not anticipated until August-September, the following organizations and advocates have been alerted, today, to yesterday's announcement by the APA and have also been sent copies of the two key PDF documents.

There has also been some media coverage of the announcement here:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/DSM-5/26275

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/04/psychiatry-bible-structure-overhauled/

UK

Action for M.E.
ME Association
TYMES Trust
AYME
Invest in ME
BRAME
25% ME Group
RiME
MERUK and Sue Waddle

International

Jennie Spotila (CFIDS)
Lenny Jason
Kenneth Friedman (Vermont CFIDS Association)
Alan Gurwitt (Mass. CFIDS/ME & FM)
Fred Friedberg (IACFSME)
Chris Hunter (AHME)
ESME
ME-CFS Denmark
Judy Mikovits (WPI)

The submissions of a number of the above to the previous public review and feedback exercise can be read at:
http://dsm5watch.wordpress.com/dsm-5-proposals/...