Whatis the history, classification methods and purpose of the DSM ?

-- MIchelle Holly Anaya (mestizachica17@aol.com), December 08, 2001

Answers

A short history can be found at the website

http://www.e-wtc.com/emrc/ptmtmhp1.htm

You should also be able to find histories in a psychology encyclopedia or dictionary. For example, there is a good history in the article on classificaiton of mental disorders in the Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1999). I think you'll also find that any copy of the DSM will contain a history, which will explain how the new version differs from the previous ones.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), December 08, 2001.

You might be interested in an earlier dicsussion of this topic at http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/admin-q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=006YP7

-- Christopher Green (cgreen@chass.utoronto.ca), December 09, 2001.