title: Child and adolescent changes to DSM-5.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe child and adolescent changes to the DSM-5 and discuss controversial changes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Relevant changes to the structure and categorization of DSM-5 childhood conditions are examined, and controversial issues noted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Important overlaps between a number of new conditions are described, and questions raised in relation to underlying assumptions about some new categories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research is required to determine the validity of new conditions, and the clinical and service effects of structural changes, particularly in respect of overlapping disorders, and categorical vs severity descriptors.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia; Child and Family East, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia. Electronic address: f.levy@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder; Autism Spectrum Disorder; DSM-5; Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder; Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder