PSYC 3140 Lecture : Lecture Notes
26 Dec 2011
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Dsm used to diagnose individuals with mental illnesses. Discussions on things to be revised or reconstructed. Important to us because dsm is document used worldwide (international. Classification of diseases which are all diseases is becoming closer to dsm) Dsm 5 which is the new edition has been delayed due to controversy around who. Decides what, what a mental disease is, etc. 1st edition of dsm was published in 1952 was a thin book. Dsm 2nd edition was published in 1968 may have been even thinner. In 1994, dsm 4th edition was published which was larger in size. May have been larger because: were able to elaborate, or possibly because it was more refined and able. To differentiate things due to greater research: larger set of experiences may be considered abnormal now. Homosexuality considered a mental disroder in the past but removed from the. Dsm, possibly due to changes in society and also, if large people engage in a.
