DSM

See also: dsm

English

Noun

DSM

1. (military) Initialism of distinguished service medal.
2. (space flight) Initialism of deep space maneuver, an orbital maneuver for a spacecraft far from Earth.
3. (cartography) Initialism of digital surface model.
4. (semantics) Initialism of distributional semantic model.

Proper noun

DSM

2. (psychiatry) Initialism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders.
   • 2012 July, “Covered Diagnoses & Crosswalk of DSM-IV Codes to ICD-9-CM Codes”, in CNN en Español‎, page 1:

     Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis codes into ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes.

   • 2012 December 2, Miriam Falco, “Psychiatric association approves changes to diagnostic manual”, in CNN‎:

     The DSM is considered the “bible” of psychiatry because it’s the criteria mental health professionals use to diagnose their patients.

   • 2020 March 6, Lisa Fritscher, “Could You Have Samhainophobia or the Fear of Halloween?”, in Verywell Mind‎:

     While samhainophobia is not a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5, the fear of Halloween may meet the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia.

Derived terms

• DSM-I
• DSM-II
• DSM-III
• DSM-III-R
• DSM-IV
• DSM-IV-TR
• DSM-5

References

• DSM on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DMS, DMs, M.D.s, MDs, MSD, SMD