title: Obsessive-compulsive behavior spectrum: refining the research agenda for DSM-V.
abstract: The American Psychiatric Association, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health, has undertaken a 5-year international research planning effort in preparation for the formal revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. One element of the project was a conference titled "Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior Spectrum," in which participants reviewed an array of disorders that cross current diagnostic categories. Questions raised challenge those responsible for the DSM-V revision to assess the pros and cons of changing definitions, boundaries, or linkages among diverse conditions characterized by obsessive-compulsive behaviors in the revised classification.
authors.affiliation: American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, United States. dregier@psych.org
authors.forename: Darrel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Regier
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012106:Research; D012196:Review Literature as Topic