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The Coalition

In Fall of 2011, 32 (and growing) organizations signed the Open Letter to DSM-5 Task Force and the American Psychiatric Association, forming a Coalition for DSM-5 Reform*

Sponsor & Author of the Open Letter

Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the APA

In alliance with:

  • British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Danish Psychological Association
  • Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (Division 6 of APA)
  • Division of Developmental Psychology (Division 7 of APA),
  • Division of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA)
  • Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of APA)
  • Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology (Division 27 of APA),
  • Division of Psychotherapy (Division 29 of APA),
  • Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35 of APA),
  • Division of Psychoanalysis (Division 39 of APA),
  • Psychologists in Independent Practice (Division 42 of APA)
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (Division 44 of APA),
  • Executive Committee of Division 48 of the APA
  • Society for Group Psychology and Psychotherapy (Division 49 of APA),
  • Society for the Psychological Study of Men & Masculinity (Division 51 of APA),
  • Division of International Psychology (Division 52 of APA)
  • Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (Division of the American Counseling Association)
  • Association for Humanistic Counseling (Division of the American Counseling Association)
  • The Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC, Division of the American Counseling Association)
  • Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA, Division of the AMerican Counseling Association),
  • Counselors for Social Justice (Division of the American Counseling Association),
  • American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA, Division of the American Counseling Association)
  • American College Counseling Association (ACCA)
  • American Psychoanalytic Association
  • American Family Therapy Academy
  • The Association for Women in Psychology,
  • The Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC)
  • Society of Indian Psychologists
  • National Latina/o Psychological Association
  • The Society for Personality Assessment,
  • The Society for Descriptive Psychology,
  • The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP),
  • Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science (ACBS)
  • Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies
  • Psychologists for Social Responsibility
  • The Constructivist Psychology Network (CPN),
  • The Taos Institute
  • Saybrook University
  • Zhi Mian International Institute of Existential-Humanistic Psychology
  • Institute of Expressive Analysis
  • Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers
  • Patient Alliance for Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders Organization for Research and Advocacy (PANDORA)
  • Council on Illicit Drugs of the National Association for Public Health Policy
  • Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility (Section IX of Division 39 of APA).
  • GoodTherapy.org

We invite mental health professionals and mental health organizations to sign on in support of this petition to the DSM5 Task Force of the American Psychiatric Association.

*Disclaimer: Information and opinions expressed on this website (under the domain dsm5-reform.com) are not to be considered the official views of all coalition members. For the official statement of the Society for Humanistic Psychology – Division 32 of the American Psychological Association, as endorsed by members of the coalition, please see the Open Letter hereClick Here for the Open Letter to DSM-5 Task Force

 


Please go to the petition website and sign the petition! Spread the word! Thank you!