DSM
DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
DSM (dee-es-em), or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that includes all currently recognized mental health disorders. The DSM provides a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders, which is used in the United States and to some extent internationally, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and policy makers.
Etymology
The term "DSM" is an acronym for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The manual was first published in 1952 and has been updated several times since then. The current version is the DSM-5, which was published in 2013.
Related Terms
- DSM-5: The fifth edition of the DSM, published in 2013.
- ICD-10: The International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, which is a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Mental disorder: A mental or behavioral pattern or anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life.
- Psychiatry: The medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.
- Psychopathology: The study of mental illness or mental distress or the manifestation of behaviors and experiences which may be indicative of mental illness or psychological impairment.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on DSM
- Wikipedia's article - DSM
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