The Impairment and Disability Study Group was chaired by Jane S. Paulsen, Ph.D. The study group was charged with reviewing the ways in which disability and distress were represented in the DSM-IV and assessing their impact on the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. This included discussing ways in which disability specifically can be better captured without including a “clinical significance criterion” as a part of the diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. In order to accomplish this, study group members were consulting with the various work groups to provide assistance in how to best address disability and distress amongst their specific diagnoses. Further, one of the study group’s goals was to develop a plan for DSM-5 to operationalize disability in a way that is more consistent with the World Health Organization’s approach in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Members
Jane S. Paulsen, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Gavin Andrews, M.D., University of New South Wales
Glorisa Canino, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico
Lee Anna Clark, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Michelle Craske, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Hans W. Hoek, M.D., Ph.D., University of Groningen
Helena C. Kraemer, Ph.D., Stanford University
William E. Narrow, M.D., M.P.H., American Psychiatric Association
David Shaffer, M.D., FRCP, Columbia University