The DSM-IV TR waspublished by the American Psychiatric
Association and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. It is used in the United States and in
varying degrees around the world, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance
companies, pharmaceutical companies and policy
makers.
The DSM has attracted controversy and criticism as well as praise. There have
been five revisions since it was first published in 1952, gradually including
more disorders, though some have been removed and are no longer considered to be
mental disorders. It initially evolved out of systems for collecting census and
psychiatric
hospital statistics, and from a manual developed by the US Army. The last major revision was
the fourth edition ("DSM-IV"), published in 1994, although a "text revision" was
produced in 2000. The fifth edition ("DSM-V") is currently in consultation,
planning and preparation, due for publication in May 2012.An early draft will be released for comment in 2009. The
mental disorders section of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and
Related Health Problems (ICD) is another commonly-used guide, used more
often in Europe and other parts of the
world. The coding system
used in the DSM-IV is designed to correspond with the codes used in the ICD,
although not all codes may match at all times because the two publications are
not revised synchronously.
The DSM-IV organizes each psychiatric diagnosis into five levels (axes)
relating to different aspects of disorder or disability:
Mood disorders
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Cluster A (odd or eccentric)
Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic)
Cluster C (anxious or fearful)
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