Should a sexual fixation on shoes or a predilection for public
sex give you the opportunity to have your photo in the psychiatrist's bible of
diagnoses? You may say no, but some psychiatrists say may say yes. At least for
now...
The newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM-5, is due out in May. The book sets the
standard criteria for psychiatric diagnoses (not to mention health insurance
reimbursement), making its pronouncements crucial to mental health treatment.
The exact wording of the new DSM is being kept secret until
its publication. But proposed changes discussed online by the American
Psychiatric Association researchers who worked on the new edition suggest that
foot fetishists and bondage aficionados who hoped to get out of the book won't
see that wish come true. Read more on Huffington Post.com
