This new structure corresponds with the organizational arrangement of disorders planned for ICD-11 scheduled for release in 2015. The disorders included in DSM-5 were reordered into a revised organizational structure meant to stimulate new clinical perspectives. The classification of disorders is harmonized with the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the official coding system used in the United States.
Since a complete description of the underlying pathological processes is not possible for most mental disorders, it is important to emphasize that the current diagnostic criteria are the best available description of how mental disorders are expressed and can be recognized by trained clinicians. This is the standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field.
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