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Postpartum Support International June 2013 Page 1 Postpartum Depression and Perinatal Mood Disorders in the DSM Lisa S. Segre, and Wendy N. Davis, Making news headlines, in May 2013 the American psychiatric association (APA) released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). This revision was chaired by David J. Kupfer, (Chair) and Darrel A. Regier, , (Vice-Chair), and a task force comprised of 13 work-groups: each comprised of a chair and work group members who were key experts in psychiatric treatment, research and epidemiology. (See following url for more information on the committee: ) The DSM, which has been called the bible of diagnostic criteria for mental health professionals and researchers, is used to determine whether a cluster of symptoms is recognized as a disorder, according to the APA. This recognition can have substantial practical consequences, for example whether or not treatment is reimbursed by insurance or in determining outcomes in court cases.

Shortly after this collaboration, in 1921, the American Medico-Psychological Association changed its name to the Committee on Statistics of the American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic Classification for Assessment and Treatment The large scale involvement of U.S. psychiatrists in World War II (1939-1945) shifted

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