I don't know if someone feels they are only experiencing grief why would they pursue treatment for it. I can see how some of the new wording and such could be problematic, but on the other hand I doubt they are going to force mandatory treatment on anyone who's sad or going through grief longer than two weeks.

I think people still have the option to seek treatment or not. But I can see how it could be misleading and potentially lead to more use of prescription meds even where its not exactly nessisary...so I sort of wonder if the pharmacutical companies pushed for some of the changes. I guess it would be easier to form an opinion if I could actually read the new DSM rather than relying on second hand information either for or against it.