HISTORY OF THE DSMs
|
Version |
Publication Date |
Theoretical Orientation |
Number of Diagnoses |
Major Changes |
|
DSM - I |
1952 |
Adolf Meyer - disorders as "reactions" Psychoanalytic terminology |
60 |
*** |
|
DSM - II |
1968 |
Eliminated use of term "reaction," but continued to use psychoanalytic terminology |
145 |
More diagnoses |
|
DSM - III |
1980 |
"Atheoretical" (Medical Model) |
230 |
More diagnoses |
|
DSM - III - R |
1987 |
"Atheoretical" (Medical Model) |
230+ |
Modified some diagnostic criteria; added some diagnoses |
|
DSM - IV |
1994 |
"Atheoretical" (Medical Model) |
361 |
More empirically based. Revised Axes II and IV. More diagnoses. |
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