The Initial Field Trials of DSM-5: New Blooms and Old Thorns

Authors are Editors or were invited by the Editors to collaborate in this editorial. Several have other roles in the DSM-5 process. Dr. Freedman is co-chair of the Scientific Review Committee, Dr. Pine is chair of the Child Disorders work group, Dr. Schultz is a member of the Geriatric Disorders work group and text editor, and Dr. Yager is co-chair of the Clinical and Public Health Review Committee. Both Dr. Yager and Dr. Freedman also serve as members of the Summit Task Force, which makes final recommendations to the American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees. Dr. Gabbard is Editor-in-Chief of the 5th edition of Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, to be published by American Psychiatric Publishing as the initial DSM-5 treatment book. Financial disclosures of the Editor and Deputy Editors are published each year in the January issue. Dr. Gau has received speaking honoraria and travel funds from Eli Lilly; she has been an investigator in a clinical trial sponsored by Eli Lilly; and she has received speaker's honoraria from AstraZeneca and Janssen. Dr. Javitt has received research grants from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and Roche; has served as a consultant to AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cypress, Lilly, Lundbeck, Merck, NPS, Pfizer, Sanofi, Schering-Plough, Sepracor, Solvay, Takeda, and Sunovion; serves on the advisory board of Promentis Pharmaceuticals; and has equity in Glytech, Inc. Dr. Oquendo has received unrestricted educational grants or lecture fees from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Otsuko, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and Shire; owns equity in Bristol-Myers Squibb; and receives royalty payments for eC-SSRS from ERT, Inc. Dr. Vieta has served as a consultant and speaker and received research support from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Forest and served as a speaker for GlaxoSmithKline. The remaining authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.