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...receive recognition, advocates must provide persuasive evidence that "this is not just part of autism or ADHD, that it's a better definition of what these kids are experiencing," says Dr. Darrel Regier, director of research for the American Psychiatric Association and vice chair of the DSM V task force. What's needed, says Regier, is a body of peer-reviewed studies that defines "a core set of symptoms, a typical clinical course" and, if possible, good treatment data...
...ends up stigmatizing the millions who suffer from the entire range of mental disorders defined in the DSM and trivializing the scientific advances for such disorders. It is regrettable that TIME could not see the damaging effect this skeptical story could have on people with serious disorders. DARREL A. REGIER, M.D., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF RESEARCH AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Arlington...
...into defining a disorder? A.P.A. officials take this question seriously, and they understand the high stakes of a DSM diagnosis. That's one reason they so often revise the book to keep it current with the latest research. (Three editions have been published since 1986.) According to Dr. Darrel Regier, chief of A.P.A. research, roughly 1,000 mental-health professionals will help produce DSM V. The A.P.A. will host at least a dozen conferences, review unending piles of literature and conduct new studies to see whether proposed changes would work in clinical settings...
...Department of Children and Families, who was criticized for her department's admission four months ago that it had failed to notice the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl, Rilya Wilson, for more than a year; in Miami. Appointed to replace her by Governor Jeb Bush was Jerry Regier, a conservative Christian who immediately drew fire for old ties to a group that wrote an essay in support of childhood spankings...
...includes Paxil, Zoloft and Sarafem--as a positive development. Clinical depression, as Andrea Yates's case reminds us, is a dangerous illness that may drive mothers to kill their babies, fathers to commit suicide and schoolchildren to start shooting their classmates. Most depression in the U.S., says Dr. Darrel Regier of the American Psychiatric Association, still goes untreated. If you or someone you love is suffering crying spells, feeling inappropriately guilty, thinking about suicide or having trouble eating or sleeping, don't ignore the symptoms. You should know that there's help available and that it works...