#dsm update

Changes:

Most changes were clarifications in the text, including “updated sections on associated features, prevalence, development and course, risk and prognostic factors, culture, diagnostic markers, suicide, and differential diagnosis”.

“Considerations of the impact of racism and discrimination on mental disorders integrated into the text” (uses “racialized” and “ethnoracial” instead of “racial”, got rid of the word “minorities”, reconsidered “prevalence data related to substance use disorders among Native American communities” & disproportionately high rates of diagnosing schizophrenia in Black people

one new diagnosis: prolonged grief disorder

updates to the gender dysphoria chapter: “desired gender” is now “experienced gender,” the term “cross-sex medical procedure” is now “gender-affirming medical procedure,” and the term “natal male”/“natal female” is now “individual assigned male/female at birth.” the whole chapter has been overhauled to include “culturally sensitive language”

the diagnostic codes were updated

(source - institutional access required)

The symptoms and symptom clusters that currently make up an Autism diagnosis is likely actually several separate disorders that were being grouped as Autism because we didn't know enough about the separate disorders. Since the last edition of the DSM there's been a bunch of extra research and genetic testing and analysis of symptom clusters. So we know enough now to make the more specific disorder specifications now.

So the diagnostic criteria of Autism is shrinking. That doesn't mean everyone who previously had an Autism diagnosis but no longer qualifies are going to be floating without labels that help get necessary accommodations. It just means you're going to fall into new categories instead. Like when Aspbergers stopped being a diagnosis and it got tied to Autism Spectrum Disorder (but in the opposite direction).

This doesn't mean you're not allowed to be upset! There's a lot of community to be found with fellow autistic people, and there have been a lot of recent strides in the acceptance and understanding of Autism as a disorder (with the general public). That loss of community is going to feel huge, and it's going to be an uphill battle to spread awareness of the new labels for the current symptom clusters.

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