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DSM-5: Measurement & Standards

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), is the 2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In 2022, a revised version (DSM-5-TR) was published. In the United States, the DSM serves as the…

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DSM-5 topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around DSM-5.

Related topics
194
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
201
Extracted relationships
157
Related term clusters
104
Bridge connections
201

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 148 topics
Criticism · 28 topics
Revisions and updates · 10 topics
Content and structure · 4 topics
Development · 3 topics
Changes from DSM-IV · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
American Psychiatric Association
Publication date
May 18, 2013
Dewey Decimal
616.89'075
Followed by
DSM-5-TR
Language
English
LC Class
RC455.2.C4

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Overview

Content and structure

Changes from DSM-IV

Development

Revisions and updates

Criticism

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How DSM-5 connects Entity context

The extracted context around DSM-5 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DSM-5 → APA, Cross-Cultural Issues, Developmental Issues, Diagnosis, Disability, DSM, DSM-5 Research Planning Conference, Genetics, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, National Institute, Neuroscience, NIMH, Nomenclature, On July, Personality, Relational Disorders, Research Planning Work Groups, Scientists, Several Another extracted example is DSM-5 → April, DSM, DSM-V, Federal, Goodbye, Insel, Insel's, MD, Mental Health, National Institute, NIMH, NIMH Director's, Psychiatry, RDoC, Research Domain Criteria, Thomas. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

DSM-5

Top relations

related to Development · 25
DSM-5 → APA, Cross-Cultural Issues, Developmental Issues, Diagnosis, Disability, DSM, DSM-5 Research Planning Conference, Genetics, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, National Institute, Neuroscience, NIMH, Nomenclature, On July, Personality, Relational Disorders, Research Planning Work Groups, Scientists, Several
related to National Institute of Mental Health · 16
DSM-5 → April, DSM, DSM-V, Federal, Goodbye, Insel, Insel's, MD, Mental Health, National Institute, NIMH, NIMH Director's, Psychiatry, RDoC, Research Domain Criteria, Thomas
related to Borderline personality disorder controversy · 15
DSM-5 → American Psychiatric Association, Axis, Axis II, BPD, Bringing BPD, DSM, DSM-IV-TR, How Advocacy, II, Light, Personality Disorders, Research Advancements National Association, TARA-APD, The TARA-APD, Treatment
related to Changes from DSM-IV · 15
DSM-5 → Assessment Measures, Axis, Axis II, Axis III, Axis IV, Disability Assessment Schedule, Emerging, Functioning, GAF, Global Assessment, NOS, Not Otherwise Specified, Section II, Section III, The World Health Organization's
related to General · 12
DSM-5 → Allen Frances, APA, Darrel, David Kupfer, DSM, DSM-III, DSM-IV, MD, MPH, Regier, Robert Spitzer, Transparency
related to Financial conflicts of interest and perverse dependencies · 11
DSM-5 → Although, American, APA, Bursztajn, DSM-5-TR, DSM-IV, Harold, Lisa Cosgrove, MD, PhD, Point/Counterpoint
related to Section I: DSM-5 basics · 9
DSM-5 → Anxiety Disorders, Concern, Diseases, DSM, ICD, International Classification, Section, Section III's, The DSM-5
related to DSM-5-TR · 7
DSM-5 → APA, DSM-5-TR, ICD-10-CM, ICD-11, March, Prolonged, Three
related to Revisions and updates · 6
DSM-5 → APA, Arabic, Beginning, Incremental, Roman, The DSM-5
related to Usage · 4
DSM-5 → Medical Examiners, NBME, The National Board, United States

Important terminology

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Important terminology

disorders disorder criteria mental new diagnosis personality diagnostic dsm-iv dsm specific now diagnoses symptoms added task apa also anxiety force

DSM-5 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 157 structured relationships around DSM-5. Examples in this analysis include DSM-5 → Author → American Psychiatric Association and DSM-5 → Dewey Decimal → 616.89'075. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DSM-5AuthorAmerican Psychiatric Association1.00infobox
DSM-5Dewey Decimal616.89'0751.00infobox
DSM-5Followed byDSM-5-TR1.00infobox
DSM-5LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
DSM-5LC ClassRC455.2.C41.00infobox
DSM-5Media typePrint (hardcover, softcover); eBook1.00infobox
DSM-5OCLC8308073781.00infobox
DSM-5Pages9471.00infobox
DSM-5Preceded byDSM-IV-TR1.00infobox
DSM-5Publication dateMay 18, 20131.00infobox
DSM-5Publication placeUnited States1.00infobox
DSM-5SeriesDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders1.00infobox
DSM-5SubjectClassification and diagnosis of mental disorders1.00infobox
DSM-5TextDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition at Internet Archive1.00infobox
DSM-5is aonly DSM to use an Arabic numeral instead of a Roman numeral in its title0.90text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around DSM-5 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Mental, Personality and Section. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • DSM-5
    • Mental
    • Personality
    • Section
    • Force
    • Task
    • Depressive
    • Edition
    • Criteria
    • Research
    • Health
    • Identity
    • Specified
  • dsm-5
    • Mental
    • Personality
    • Section
    • Force
    • Task
    • Depressive
    • Edition
    • Criteria
    • Research
    • Health
    • Identity
    • Specified
  • american psychiatric association
    • Psychiatric
    • Dsm-5
    • Edition
    • Apa
    • Diagnosis
    • Mental
    • Personality
    • Disorders
    • Diagnostic
    • Symptom
    • Depressive
    • Related
  • psychiatric diagnoses
    • Specified
    • Personality
    • Specific
    • Diagnosis
    • Disorders
    • Psychiatric
    • Otherwise
    • Two
    • New
    • Also
    • Disorder
    • Symptom
  • autism spectrum disorder
    • Disorders
    • Diagnosis
    • Now
    • Changed
    • Specified
    • New
    • Dsm-iv
    • Personality
    • Related
    • Depressive
    • Otherwise
    • Symptom
  • binge eating disorder
    • Disorders
    • Diagnosis
    • Now
    • Changed
    • Specified
    • New
    • Dsm-iv
    • Personality
    • Related
    • Depressive
    • Otherwise
    • Symptom
  • alternative dsm-5 model for personality disorders
    • Mental
    • Disorder
    • Dsm-5
    • Personality
    • Section
    • Diagnosis
    • New
    • Related
    • Now
    • Research
    • Dsm-iv
    • Depressive
  • personality disorder
    • Disorders
    • Diagnosis
    • Section
    • Now
    • Changed
    • Specified
    • New
    • Dsm-iv
    • Personality
    • Related
    • Research
    • Also

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For DSM-5, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DSM-5 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DSM-5 — Overview · splits 52 ⟂ 150
DSM-5 — Criticism · splits 173 ⟂ 29
DSM-5 — Revisions and updates · splits 191 ⟂ 11
DSM-5 — Content and structure · splits 197 ⟂ 5
DSM-5 — Development · splits 198 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

DSM-5

Nodes202
Edges201
Triples157
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009901
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around DSM-5 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — DSM-5 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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