The status quo as a good outcome: How the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder remained unchanged from the DSM-IV criteria

摘要

This year finally saw the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It was feared that the DSM-5 would take a 'reckless' approach by introducing arbitrary diagnostic criteria, lowering the diagnostic thresholds and unnecessarily increasing the number of diagnoses. Looking at the final product, one can see that, to some extent, these concerns were well founded (Malhi, 2013). However, there are also signs in the DSM-5 of a measured approach. A good example is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), whose diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 are the same as those in the DSM-IV.