Talk:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

DSM Copyright

Here is a collection of historical information relating to the DSM Copyright:

December 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive57#DSM-IV-TR_Copyright_question

March 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Narcissistic_personality_disorder#Copyright_problems_with_diagnostic_criteria

Multiple issues

I added a multiple issues tag (banner) to the article, specifying:

• This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards.

• This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling.

• This article needs additional citations for verification.

Please discuss here. Thank you   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 17:00, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

• Kudos to Dhtwiki and Guavabutter for their recent copy edits and other significant improvements to the article. I removed the Multiple Issues tag. :0)   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I'm a man—traditional male pronouns are fine.) 08:34, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

International comparisons?

It would helpful to have in this article a comparison of the DSM with other serious non-US and non-Anglophone systems of diagnosing and describing mental health, if such exist. (I myself know absolutely nothing about this, but would love to read if other experts wrote it.) Acwilson9 (talk) 20:28, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

While the article doesn't make detailed comparisons, which don't necessarily belong here, the International Classification of Diseases, which is published by the World Health Organization, is mentioned. Dhtwiki (talk) 22:47, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

The opening paragraph made it sound as though the DSM is the default authority in all countries. As far as I know the DSM is only an authority in the USA. I have attempted to clarify this. Please improve if you think it can be improved. SpectrumDT (talk) 11:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: WikiMed Feb-Mar 2022 UCSF SOM

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 February 2022 and 27 March 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Zeboman123 (article contribs).

Hello Wikipedians! My name is Nicholas, and I am a fourth year medical student at UCSF going into psychiatry. I am going to work on the DSM page as part of an elective course. Hopefully I’ll be able to help!There are a few different parts of the page that look like they could use some work.

First I plan on improving the citations on the “Pre-DSM-1 (1840-1849)” section. I will update all of the citations and add citations wherever needed. I hope to have this accomplished by 3/10/2022.

I will then edit the “superficial symptoms” section as it is tagged for having too many/overly lengthy quotations. I will work to pare down the essential information to make it more readable as well as confirming citations and adding citations if needed. I hope to complete this by 3/15/2022.

Finally I will work on the section “Distinction from ICD” section to try to include more specific comparisons regarding the difference between the DSM and other widely used psychiatric diagnostic manuals. I hope to have this completed by 3/21/2022.

If anyone is interested in this page and wants to talk please reach out! Thanks!

Nicholas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeboman123 (talk • contribs) 07:03, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review

Peer review of this article as part of the UCSF Spring 2022 Wikipedia Elective course.

Overall, the edits made to this article are outstanding and I believe they significantly improve upon the previous version of the article.

Two sections in particular that I believe had the most major improvements are the "distinction from ICD" and "superficial symptoms" sections.

The edits improve upon the article's readability, content, and flow and are appropriate for an encyclopedia audience at large.

Comments:

• Specifically, the edits you made to the “superficial symptoms” section did an excellent job to improve the readability and flow of that section.
• The edits you made to the “distinction from ICD” section greatly improve the reader’s ability to understand the differences between ICD versus DSM by expanding on the given descriptions of each.
• References appear appropriate without primary literature cited.
• All edits you have made have kept an appropriately neutral tone and minimized jargon all the while improving the content, readability, and flow of the article.

Suggestions:

• One minor suggestion could be to include a reference for the ICD manual in the “Distinction from ICD” section where you talked about mental and behavioral disorders being included in chapter 5 of the ICD. For example, including a reference to chapter 5 of the latest or most commonly used version of the ICD manual might work well.

Really excellent job on improving this article! WikiUser950 (talk) 21:52, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the peer review! I'll definitely look into adding the citation. Thanks for the help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeboman123 (talk • contribs) 18:58, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

DSM-II first printing to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder

On March 16, 2022, at 06:12, a subheading under DSM-II (1968) was changed from "Seventh printing of the DSM-II (1974)" to "Sixth printing. . . ." to indicate the first printing that removed homosexuality as a mental disorder. I own a copy of the DSM-II which first included a note about eliminating "Homosexuality" per se as a mental disorder. The printing is the seventh, not the sixth. The copyright page shows the Sixth printing as issued in October 1973, which is before the APA trustees voted to make the change. They voted in December 1973, and the decision was upheld in May 1974 in a referendum of the voting members of the association. The seventh printing, in July 1974, includes a page with "Special Note — Seventh Printing" and the announcement that since the last printing (6th) of the manual, the trustees voted to make the change.Rawars (talk) 15:11, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

You are, of course, correct. (There's nothing like owning the actual text, eh? ;o) Thank you for your very appropriate edit to the article. I added a reference and an explanatory note (diff) since this printing issue is confusing. Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 17:26, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Your explanatory note is an excellent addition and helps to resolve confusion.Rawars (talk) 18:08, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

ADHD

If you were diagnosed as a hyperactive child when you young and diagnosed with ADHD as an adult could you possibly get addicted to to medication prescribed for high ADHD as an adult? 174.240.50.138 (talk) 20:57, 12 June 2022 (UTC)