DSM-III

Proper noun

Meaning

DSM-III

(psychology) The 1980 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.

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Related terms

DSM-5 DSM-IV DSM-IV-TR DSM-I DSM-II DSM-III-R

Examples

Classification as a disorder The psychiatric diagnoses of gender identity disorder (now gender dysphoria) was introduced in the DSM-III in 1980. Source: Internet

Females are affected about twice as often as males. citation The American Psychiatric Association added "major depressive disorder" to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) in 1980. Source: Internet

Finally published in 1980, the DSM-III was 494 pages and listed 265 diagnostic categories. Source: Internet

As DSM-III chief architect Robert Spitzer and DSM-IV editor Michael First outlined in 2005, "little progress has been made toward understanding the pathophysiological processes and etiology of mental disorders. Source: Internet

From 1980, when DSM-III totally reshaped psychiatric diagnosis, French psychiatry began to finally alter its views of diagnosis to converge with the North American system. Source: Internet

Hence, diagnostic reliability was a major concern of DSM-III. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

DSM-5 DSM-I DSM-II DSM-III-R DSM-IV DSM-IV-TR