Work began on DSM–III in 1974, with publication in 1980. DSM–III introduced a number of important innovations, including explicit diagnostic criteria, a multiaxial diagnostic assessment …

Mar 30, 2012 · Prepared by the Work Group to Revise DSM-III of the American Psychiatric Association Includes indexes

Twenty years after the reliability problem became the central focus of DSM-III, there is still not a single multi-site study showing that DSM (any version) is routinely used with high reliably by …

The DSM-III, Revised Edition (DSM-III-R) attempted to provide a more empirically and statistically based set of criteria that could distinguish ADHD, not simply from the general population norm, …

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980, and now translated in many languages, has …

Previous editions of DSM are included here for reference and archival purposes. Each edition is provided in Adobe’s Portable Document Format (PDF). You need Adobe’s Reader 5.0.5 or …

Mar 14, 1985 · This revision of one of the most important publications in psychiatry is unsurpassed in its completeness, clinical reliability, and description of criteria and codes for …

The 3rd edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III) appeared in 1980 and proved to be a landmark in the development of psychiatric taxonomy.

In the first part of this article the authors describe some of the major achievements of DSM-III: the process of its development, reaching consensus on many controversial diagnostic categories …

Jun 24, 2005 · This article endeavors to explain the origins of DSM-III, the political struggles that generated it, and its long-term consequences for clinical diagnosis and treatment of mental …