DSM-5
Mental disorder catalog
DSM-5 is the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
It's the standard reference for classifying and diagnosing mental health conditions in the United States: The therapist consulted the DSM-5 before making a diagnosis.
Clinicians, researchers, and insurance companies rely on its criteria for conditions from depression to schizophrenia.
Concerning brain and nerve formation
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressiveCausing or feeling dejection
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
personality · trauma · PTSD · OCD · eating disorders · ADHD · autism spectrum · substance use
Standards for judgment
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- symptomsIndicators of disease
mental illness · psychiatric · clinical · assessment · evaluation · differential diagnosis · comorbidity · severity
Compact reference guide
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- guidebookReference for travelers
- publicationIssued written material
- APAPsychology organization's format
edition · revision · update · volume · coding · ICD-10 · insurance · billing
Finding harmless conditions unnecessarily
- medicalizationReframing problems as disorders
- pathologizingClassifying as abnormal
- cultural biasPrejudice favoring familiar customs
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
stigma · validity · reliability · controversy · criticism · dimensional · categorical · normal variation
neurodevelopmental
Concerning brain and nerve formation
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- depressiveCausing or feeling dejection
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
schizophrenia · personality · trauma · PTSD · OCD · eating disorders · ADHD · autism spectrum · substance use · dissociative
criteria
Standards for judgment
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
symptoms · mental illness · psychiatric · clinical · assessment · evaluation · differential diagnosis · comorbidity · severity · threshold
handbook
Compact reference guide
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- guidebookReference for travelers
- publicationIssued written material
APA · edition · revision · update · volume · coding · ICD-10 · insurance · billing · documentation
overdiagnosis
Finding harmless conditions unnecessarily
- medicalizationReframing problems as disorders
- pathologizingClassifying as abnormal
- cultural biasPrejudice favoring familiar customs
labeling · stigma · validity · reliability · controversy · criticism · dimensional · categorical · normal variation · Big Pharma
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- Child Psychiatrychild psychiatrist, child psychiatry, child psychologist, child psychology, child mental health
- Medical CodesICD-10, medical coding, encoder, sequencing, bundling
- psychosishallucinations, psychosis, delusions, delusion, schizophrenia