(DSM-I): A Diagnostic Analysis

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-I) was published in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association to define and classify mental disorders. It did not have much influence in classifying mental disorders during that time. Up until the late 1960s, when the system of nosology starts to have some real influence on mental health professionals, the American Psychiatric Association published DSM-II in 1968. DSM-I and DSM-II system lacked precise descriptions of the disorders and relied heavily on unproven and unpopular theories. Therefore, the third edition of the DSM was published in 1980 to make new reforms to its predecessors. One of the changes was more specific classification of the disorders and being more precise. For example, phobia …show more content…

Then DSM-IV was published a year later in 1994 to make DSM and ICD more compatible. DSM-IV reanalyzes previous diagnostic system to find which one is useful to be used in DSM-IV. In addition, in DSM-IV, the multiaxial system of the previous edition was changed. Learning disorder, communication disorder and persuasive disorder used to be part of Axis II, but the fourth edition moved them to Axis I. The amount of psychosocial stress listed on Axis IV, was not useful therefore, reporting psychosocial and environmental problems replaced it. In 2000, the text revision of DSM-IV (DSM-IV-TR) helped clarify any issues related to the diagnosis of psychological disorders for readers. DSM-IV-TR used a categorical classification system that divides the mental disorders into types based on the …show more content…

Their dedication and hard work have been combined together in the new edition DSM-5 that defines and classifies mental disorder in order to improve treatment, diagnoses and research. DSM-5 has no greater changes from DSM-IV-TR. However, there are some new disorders introduced and reclassified. The multiaxial system has been removed in DSM-5 because Axis I, II and II have been combined into the descriptions of the disorders. DSM-5 approved the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a self-report scale develop based on data. DSM-5 focuses to make better characterize symptoms for groups of people who are seeking for clinical help. These symptoms were not defined well in DSM-IV and are less likely to have access to the

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