ADD5107 Week 10 Discussion 2: DSM-5 Criticism

ADD5107: Week 10 Discussion 2: DSM-5 Criticism: A Follow-Up

Frances (2012) identifies 10 points of disagreement with the changes in diagnostic categories and criteria the DSM-5 ended up incorporating. He published the op-ed you read from Psychology Today in late 2012, just after the final version of the DSM-5 was approved. We have now moved to an era in which the DSM-5-TR is the standard for diagnosis.

For your initial post, choose two of Frances's points of criticism. Reference scholarly research that has been conducted since the op-ed's publication, and comment on the accuracy of the author's predictions for potential harm resulting from the DSM-5 's changes.