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Old Jan 01, 2016, 09:36 AM
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I agree, I like that they did away with the Axises. Having PDs on the "same level" as depression or anxiety helps to normalize them, in my opinion. Really anything beyond II was useless anyway, at least in my experience.
I'm so glad they did away with the Axis nonsense, also. I always thought the Axis thing was more than a bit unnecessary. Didn't seem to serve any real purpose.

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I like that idea, too. Seemed more accurate to me, too. I don't have a copy of the DSM V but I read about the proposed change on the internet when it was under consideration a few years ago.
The proposed changes to diagnosing PD's actually impressed me which is really rather hard to do as I normally hold mental health professionals in a lot of contempt, ha ha ha. I've read the new criteria for NPD that they proposed in the DSM 5 and I like it far more, ditto with the other PD's they used in the proposed changes.