According to the current schedule, DSM-5 will be released in May of 2013.To view the proposed changes go to <a href="http://www.dsm5.orgOn">http://www.dsm5.orgOn</a> a completely trivial point, it appears from their website, press releases and other publications, the American Psychiatric Association is abandoning the Roman Numeral system in going from DSM-IV to DSM-5.