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Classifying Psychological Disorders
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American Psychiatric Association rendered a
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM) to describe psychological
disorders.
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Most recent edition, DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision,
2000) describe 400 psychological disorders
compared to 60 in the 1950s.
OBJECTIVE 47-3
| Describe the goals and content of the DSM-IV-TR.