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.
