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Diagnosing mental disorders and saving the normal

American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed. American Psychiatric Publishing: Washington, DC. 991 pp., ISBN: 978-0890425558. Price: $122.70

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  1. A note of clarification: The American Psychiatric Association has decided to change the Roman numbers to Arabic numbers in the title of the manual, hence “DSM-5,” despite the earlier “DSM-IV,” “DSM-III,” etc. The change will make it possible to publish (electronically only perhaps) a “DSM-5.2,” and so on.

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Svenaeus, F. Diagnosing mental disorders and saving the normal. Med Health Care and Philos 17, 241–244 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-013-9529-6

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