Title:Pros and Cons of the new DSM-5 Chapter of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Author(s):Dan J. Stein and Katharine A. Phillips
Affiliation:Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital J2, Anzio Rd, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Keywords:DSM-IV, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
Abstract:DSM-IV categorized obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an anxiety disorder, body dysmorphic disorder
(BDD) as a somatoform disorder, and trichotillomania as an impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified. In DSM-5,
these three disorders, together with hoarding disorder and excoriation (skin picking) disorder, which are new disorders in
DSM-5, are classified together in a new chapter of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. In this paper we consider
some of the relevant considerations at play in making this change, some of the potential advantages and disadvantages of
this new chapter, and a number of potential research and clinical misconceptions about the new chapter.
