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Proposed DSM-5 Criteria May Unfairly Label Physical Conditions as Psychological Disorders
UPDATE 01/19/2013: On January 16-17, Dr. Allen Frances communicated directly with IBS Impact to report that the DSM-5 work group has rejected the advocacy efforts spearheaded by Suzy Chapman and him to tighten the criteria for Somatic Symptom Disorder to reduce the chances of mislabeling those with medical illnesses. Dr. Frances has a new post …
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