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
