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Sciacca F, Sharma R, Molinari A, et al. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-80880
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (more commonly known as the DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is the most widely used guide to psychiatric diseases in clinical practice and research globally. The first edition was published in 1952; the latest, the fifth edition text revision, known as DSM-5-TR - was published in 2022 7.
For each mental health disorder in the DSM-5-TR, is information on its prevalence, risk factors, prognosis and diagnosis, and a designated numeric code for classification.
History of DSM edition
DSM-I: 1952
DSM-II: 1968
DSM-III: 1980
DSM-III-R (Revised): 1987
DSM-IV: 1994
DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision): 2000
DSM-5: 2013
DSM-5-TR (Text Revision): 2022
Number of diagnoses
The number of diagnoses contained in the "manual" between the first and fifth editions, has practically quadrupled: from 128 to 541.
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