Monday, February 22, 2010

DSM in PDF





PLEASE NOTE: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING HAS SINCE REMOVED THE LINKS TO THE PDF VERSIONS OF PREVIOUS DSMs AND PUT THEM BEHIND A PASSWORD PROTECTED WALL. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE DUE TO THIS CHANGE.

On their website, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. includes electronic versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders I, II, III, IIIR, and IV. Each of the books are available in a PDF format.

This provides a perfect opportunity to see how the various disorders names, descriptions, and symptom patterns have changes over the years. Below I've included the links to each of the past DSMs.

DSM-I in PDF
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/dsm-i.pdf

DSM-II in PDF
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/dsm-ii.pdf

DSM-III in PDF
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/dsm-iii.pdf

DSM-III-R in PDF
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/dsm-iii-r.pdf

DSM-IV in PDF
http://www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/dsm-iv.pdf
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6 comments:

  1. MaurintiusMay 1, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    Thanks for putting these DSM books online.
    I just heard about these so called disorders manuals.
    I was watching the documentary 'the marketing of madness' when they talked about the DSM 4. It all makes sense to me.
    I f anyone else want to see the documentary, you can watch it here
    http://bloginfo.educate-yourself.eu/2011/03/the-marketing-of-madness/

    Thanks again and everyone try to take of themselves.

    Cheers

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  2. AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    All these DSM Books were put online by the American Psychiatric Association itself.
    These are not secret.
    In fact, DSM books try to explain for anyone who will read he books as to how and why a particular criteria is used for diagnosis.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 12, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    Hi there, the links do not work for the dsm at the link provided

    Justine

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  4. Steve JonesNovember 12, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Sorry, it looks like those links have been taken down, and I couldn't find the DSM III online either. Perhaps a local college library would have a copy?

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  5. AnonymousNovember 12, 2011 at 6:01 AM

    It is a pity that you did not keep a pdf version of the DSM's..

    Thanks again..
    Google was hopeless, and I have absolutely no idea on how to bitorrent..

    Justine

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  6. Steve JonesNovember 12, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    I may be able to get your a copy - send me an e-mail and I can forward it to you. My e-mail address is on the front page of this site.

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