Should OCD be Removed from Anxiety Disorders in DSM-5?
Obsessive-compulsive-disorder (OCD) is currently listed under anxiety disorders in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). However, the upcoming revised edition of the DSM proposes removing OCD from this category and listing it under the heading of related OCD conditions, which include body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) tic disorders, eating disorders, alcohol and drug dependence, trichotillomania, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and other impulse disorders, such as kleptomania. This is of great concern to many mental health experts who believe that OCD is a genetically inherent in individuals with a family history of anxiety.
This is of great concern to many mental health experts who believe that OCD is a genetically inherent in individuals with a family history of anxiety. To provide further evidence of this, O. J. Bienvenu of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland conducted a study that examined the comorbidity and genetic relationship between many of these conditions, OCD, and anxiety.
