Demystifying the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

This video provides an introduction to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and discusses its goal of understanding and diagnosing mental illness. Then it discusses the changes and improvements of the DSM over its last five editions, and what those changes mean. Finally, it outlines some limitations of the DSM including its much-criticized categorical approach to mental illness.

Statement: This video was made by Health Science 4DM3 students: Yu Fei Xia, Zil E-Huma Nasir, Ivelina Velikova and Mohammed Abdul-Khaliq

Copyright McMaster University 2017

References:

American Psychiatric Association. “History of the DSM.” DSM History, American Psychiatric Association, www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/history-of-the-dsm.

Discovery Psychology Volume 2: Essential Readings for PSYCH 1XX3/1NN3. McMaster University, 2017.

“Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28.” Youtube, Crash Course, 2014,    • Psychological Disorders: Crash Course...   .

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