DSM V panel rejects two new diagnoses

A new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)  - the US standard text for classification of mental illness - is being prepared for publication.  The new edition, DSM V, included two new diagnoses: 'attenuated psychosis syndrome' and 'mixed anxiety depressive disorder'.  However, consultants for the manual have now decided to reject these two new conditions due to fears that the number of people diagnosed with mental illness would skyrocket.  The entry in the manual for depression has also been revised to distinguish the condition from 'normal' sadness and unhappiness.  The proposed new edition of the Manual has caused much controversy so far, and you can read more about it in this article from the New York Times.