New informations about the up-coming DSM-V diagnostic system has been published on different mental health news sites.
According to Pscyhiatric Times and Medscape Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is going to be removed from the ‘anxiety disorders’ and instead in DSM-V they create a new category: Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors Spectrum !!! So bye bye to the anxiety for those who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I think not. They will still suffer from anxiety too, like people with depression and schizofreniac but the new category will perhaps be better?
New disorders will be OCBS Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors Spectrum or OCBD Obsessive Compulsive Behaviors Disorder.
The obsessive-compulsive behaviors disorders would include various disorders that share clinical features (obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors), course of illness, comorbidity, family/genetic transmission, neurocircuitry and treatment-response profile with OCD. These disorders may fall within three groupings: 1) repetitive behaviors to reduce anxiety focused on body image or sensations (i.e., body dysmorphic disorder, hypochondriasis); 2) repetitive behaviors to regulate arousal (i.e., pathological gambling, trichotillomania, compulsive-impulsive sexual behavior, compulsive-impulsive Internet usage); and 3) neurological disorders with basal ganglia impairment (i.e., Tourette’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorders).
Sources: New Developments in an Evolving Field By Eric Hollander, M.D., and Bernardo Dell’Osso, M.D., Psychiatric Times July 2005 Vol. XXII Issue 8; DSM-V Prelude Project: Research and Outreach and
Developing Guidelines for Treatment-Resistant OCD: An Expert Interview With Eric Hollander, MD.
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