Definition: The American Psychiatric Association’s classification and description of behavioral and emotional disorders.(Mental Disorders) Used for promoting effective diagnosis, treatment, and quality of care. The DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association. The manual is typically considered the ‘bible’ for any professional who makes psychiatric diagnoses not only in the United States but many other countries as well. Most diagnoses for behavior and emotional disorders are made by a professional using the DSM. Disorders diagnosed using the DSM include: Adjustment, Anxiety, Dissociative, Eating, Impulse-Control, Mood, Sexual, Sleep, Psychotic, Somatoform, Substance and Personality Disorders.
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