Abstract
TheDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisorders–
oftenreferredtoastheDSM–
isknownwiththetitleofDiagnosticBibleforMentalHealthProfessionals.Int
heUnitedStatestheDSMservesasauniversalauthorityforpsychiatricdiagno
sis.ThefirstversionofDSMwaspublishedin1952,sincethattimeithasunderg
oneseveralrevisions,withthemostrecentedition–DSM--
publishedinMay18,2013,supersedingtheDSM-IVTRpublishedin2000.TheDSMincludesallinformationrelatedtoeverypsyc
hiatricdisorder,specificcriteriarequiredforadiagnosis,aswellasacomprehe
nsiveoverviewofeachdisorder.Ineveryrevision,thetargetwastoorganizean
dclassifythedisorderbasedonrecentresearchfindings,incorporatingtheinp
utofexpertsofdifferentprofessionalssuchaspsychiatrists,psychologists,ne
urologists,pediatriciansandsocialworkers
SaimaDawood. (2014) Review of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DS M-5), Journal of Arts and Social sciences, Volume 1, Issue 2.
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