Michael B. First

TL;DR: Proposals include a narrower concept for PTSD that does not allow the diagnosis to be made based entirely on non‐specific symptoms, a new complex PTSD category that comprises three clusters of intra‐ and interpersonal symptoms in addition to core PTSD symptoms, and a new diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder.

TL;DR: The ICD-11 Working Group on this topic was asked to review scientifi c evidence and other information about use, clinical utility (as termed by WHO), and experience with relevant ICD10 diagnoses in various health care settings; to review proposals for the American Psychiatric Asso ciation's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) and consider how these may be suitable or useful for global applications; and to assemble proposals for ICD11 with a focus on improving clinical utility.

TL;DR: Major changes to the structure of the I CD‐11 classification of mental disorders as compared to the ICD‐10 are described, and the development of two new ICD-11 chapters relevant to mental health practice are described.

TL;DR: The therapeutic relationship remains paramount, and psychiatrists will need to acquire the necessary communication skills and cultural awareness to work optimally as patient demographics change, and psychiatry faces major challenges.

TL;DR: The rationale and methodologies for an integrated and complementary set of field study strategies, including large international surveys, formative field studies of the structure of clinicians' conceptualization of mental disorders, and ecological implementation field Studies of clinical utility in the global settings in which the guidelines will ultimately be implemented are presented.