The DSM story A look at the 58-year history of the psychiatry manual.

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The DSM story
A look at the 58-year history of the psychiatry manual.

February 10, 2010

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-dsmbox10-2010feb10,0,7852958.story

    The DSM story
    DSM-I Published in 1952 Directed by William C. Menninger, a psychiatrist and brigadier general.

    The focus was on treatment of soldiers. Listed 106 disorders.

    DSM-II 1968 Listed 182 disorders.

    Many conditions were seen as abnormal reactions to life situations.

    A revision, in 1974, dropped homosexuality as a disorder.