for those that are confused because of losing this diagnosis or that one or being diagnosed with something they didnt think they had or are trying to self diagnose ....

if you are here in america (USA) in 2013 the mental health system including diagnosis labeling, symptoms, testing procedures and tests have gone through massive changes.

for example you may find on the internet a diagnosis label containing the letters ....nos.... thats one of the huge changes here in america. the "nos" diagnosis's no longer exist. every nos diagnosis has been thrown out. everything they were has been added to other mental disorders or have been developed into a completely new mental disorder.

those here in america with a past diagnosis containing nos have no fear. its an easy fix, just contact your treatment providers and they will tell you what your new diagnosis label is, it may be just a matter of removing the letters nos or you may have a completely new diagnosis label that better explains your problems.

heres where I see posters confusion if it doesnt exist why do I keep seeing the non existent mental disorders on the internet....

because whats on the internet remains on the internet forever, thats how cyberspace works. and because other countries outside the USA may still use the diagnostic labels containing nos. each country has their own standards and what they call each mental disorder. it may not match with the USA if they are not using the DSM 5 to diagnose their patients.

tip for those who feel they need to self diagnose (hey we all know someone somewhere in life right) or are confused there is now a complete listing of what mental disorders recognized here in america. (what that means is if you go to a treatment provider and go through the diagnostics these are the mental disorders that treatment providers must use in diagnosing someone here in america.)

you find the list by typing into your search bar the words... DSM 5 table of contents.

example if someone is looking for say eating disorders here in america they type in DSM 5 table of contents, then scan down the list of mental disorders to feeding and eating disorders category. if someone is looking for PTSD related mental disorders they type in DSM 5 table of contents then scan down through the list of mental disorders until they come to the trauma and stress related mental disorders.

my point of making this post is that I find in my posting I have been suggesting more often then not that someone to contact their treatment providers when I see a nos disorder in their list of mental disorders or posts. and they are here in america. i do this because with the new standards new treatments are now available that were not available because of the nos labeling. I hate seeing people struggling when so much can be done to help them just by getting their past diagnosis's updated to the new standards, labels and treatments.

so I got to wondering that maybe its not widely known yet that the nos diagnosis's are gone now in america and that with out this diagnosis label theres more out there.

people with past nos no longer have to feel they dont fit in anywhere. you do fit in now with the new diagnostics and there is help out there for you.

Im posting from my work computer so i am unable to attach the link (it will download on the work computer) to the dsm 5 table of contents. sorry for that.