American Psychiatric Association DSM5 and ADHD

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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published its draft changes for the fifth edition of its internationally influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5), due for final release in May 2013.  Along with other worrying changes the APA seems determined to further loosen its already absurdly broad diagnostic criteria for ADHD.

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