DSM-5 - Proposed New Diagnoses

Proposed New Diagnoses

The proposed DSM-5 new diagnoses include the following:

  • Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Depressive personality disorder
  • Compulsive hoarding
  • Olfactory Reference Syndrome
  • Negativistic (passive-aggressive) personality disorder
  • Relational disorder
  • Skin Picking Disorder
  • Sluggish cognitive tempo
  • Binge Eating

Olfactory Reference Syndrome and Skin Picking Disorder may be added to the Appendix for Further Research in the DSM-V.

Two proposed diagnoses were dropped. They were attenuated psychosis syndrome and mixed anxiety depressive disorder.

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