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Please Respond: ME/CFS & FM Risk Of Being Classified As Psychiatric Diagnosis

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It seems like we are always fighting to prove that our illness is real and here is yet another instance of that.  Fred Friedberg, president of the International Association of CFS/ME, recently expressed concern that ME/CFS and related disorders may be classified as psychiatric disorders in the new revision of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5).

Here is Friedberg’s post from the IACFS/ME website:

Important Alert to the CFS/ME Community:

The DSM-5 Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association is asking for public comment to their proposed DSM-5 manual of psychiatric diagnoses scheduled for release in 2013.  We are concerned about the possibility of CFS/ME being classified  as a psychiatric disorder, based on comments made in their Work Group on somatoform disorders (see letter below).  Of course, such an action would be a major setback in our ongoing efforts to legitimize and increase recognition of the illness.

We urge you to submit your comments about this disturbing possibility to the DSM-5 Task Force ( www.dsm5.org).   You only need to register on this website to submit your comments. (Once you have a login, click on Proposed Revisions, and then Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder.  At the bottom of page is a section for public comments.)  Comments written from the perspective of a working professional (researcher, clinician, educator) will have the most influence.

Comments must be submitted by April 20 th.

Thank you.
Fred

Fred Friedberg, PhD
President
IACFS/ME

Fred Friedberg has also written a letter to the DSM-5 Task Force.   Please comment on this issue.

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