DSM-V Anecdotes

The DSM-IV is currently under revision and due to be released as the DSM-V in 2012. NOFAS  and the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(MOFAS) are seeking first-person experiences from FASD parents, family members, caregivers and practitioners describing diagnostic inaccuracy, treatment delivery problems, resource limitations or reimbursement problems that can directly be attributable to the absence of FASD in the DSM.The DSM is the handbook used by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the US as well as other countries around the world to diagnose and classify mental health disorders.  To read more and to share your personal story anonymously or publicly, please complete the attached form and return to NOFAS no later than August 15, 2008.  They are looking for one paragraph of no more than 200 words.