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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>205 McCracken Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Phone: 740-593-0846<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:leinbaug@ohio.edu">leinbaug@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Show, by your actions, that you choose peace over war, freedom over oppression, voice over silence, service over self-interest, respect over advantage, cooperation over competition, action over passivity, diversity over uniformity, and justice over all. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> CESNET-L is a unmoderated listserv concerning counselor ed. & supervision [mailto:CESNET-L@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Kaplan<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> CESNET-L@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> ACA Expresses DSM-5 Concerns to the American Psychiatric Association<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#024166'>ACA Expresses DSM-5 Concerns to the American Psychiatric Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:11.25pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>ACA President Don W. Locke has sent a <a href="http://www.counseling.org/Resources/pdfs/ACA_DSM-5_letter_11-11.pdf"><span style='color:#316E8D'>letter</span></a> to the American Psychiatric Association on behalf of professional counselors expressing current concerns about the DSM-5 revision process. The letter focuses on the need for better empirical evidence, the lack of information about proposed dimensional and cross cutting assessments, problems with the ongoing field trials, concerns about the biological emphasis of the revised definition of mental disorders, and the need for greater transparency. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:11.25pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>To view the ACA letter sent to American Psychiatric Association President John Oldham, <a href="http://www.counseling.org/Resources/pdfs/ACA_DSM-5_letter_11-11.pdf"><span style='color:#316E8D'>click here</span></a> or go to <a href="http://www.counseling.org/PressRoom/NewsReleases.aspx?AGuid=315a280b-4d0b-48af-9421-1f7d3f01b4b7">http://www.counseling.org/PressRoom/NewsReleases.aspx?AGuid=315a280b-4d0b-48af-9421-1f7d3f01b4b7</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:11.25pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks go to the ACA DSM-5 Task Force, chaired by Dayle Jones, for providing critical background information and research for the letter. <span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>David Kaplan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>ACA Chief Professional Officer<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>******************** See www.CESNET-L.net for information on how to sign-off, sign-up, and use the CESNET-L listserv. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>