After reading the two articles provided to us this week, my understanding of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) has grown tremendously. The first article; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5: A quick glance discusses the history of the DSM manual and what the fifth edition entails. Throughout the decades the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual has been revised to its current status. The first edition of DSM (1952) was titled ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’. The second edition (1968) was titled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Second Edition. The trend of fixing a roman suffix to the newer editions of the DSM commenced with the third edition which was titled DSM …show more content…
The most recent edition of the DSM was initially labeled DSM V. As the process of developing the manual progressed, the Roman numerical ‘V’ was replaced by the alpha numerical ‘5’. Dr. Dilip Jeste, the then President of the American Psychiatric Association, released the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) on May 18, 2013 at the 166th Annual Meeting of the APA at San Francisco. With these revisions, came more and more information about how to classify mental disorders and reflects current state of knowledge and consensus among leaders in the field. The goal of the DSM 5 is to help clinicians make more accurate diagnoses and improve patient outcomes. With the release of DSM 5, came the inclusion of specifiers and precise instructions about coding the severity of the disorder on a five point scale. The second article; Highlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, discusses the changes made from the fourth edition to the fifth edition. The fifth edition of the DSM has several new classifications that previous editions did not have, such as specifiers and precise instructions about coding the severity of the disorder on a five point scale. While reading