Work began on DSM–III in 1974, with publication in 1980. DSM–III introduced a number of important innovations, including explicit diagnostic criteria, a multiaxial diagnostic assessment system, and an approach that attempted to be neutral …

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2012年3月30日 · Prepared by the Work Group to Revise DSM-III of the American Psychiatric Association Includes indexes

Recent editions of the DSM have received praise for standardizing psychiatric diagnosis grounded in empirical evidence, as opposed to the theory-bound nosology (the branch of medical science that deals with the classification of diseases) used in DSM-III.

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980, and now translated in many languages, has raised a great interest in the whole world.

2024年3月14日 · The DSM–III, published in 1980, initiated the start of “modern psychiatric diagnosis.” Unlike the DSM-II, it took an agnostic approach to the etiology (causes) of mental disorders and instead focused on explicit diagnostic criteria.

The DSM-III, Revised Edition (DSM-III-R) attempted to provide a more empirically and statistically based set of criteria that could distinguish ADHD, not simply from the general population norm, but from other psychiatric disorders. Work by August and subsequent researchers helped sort ADHD from the other disruptive disorders.

The 3rd edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III) appeared in 1980 and proved to be a landmark in the development of psychiatric taxonomy.