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The DSM is the reference used by clinicians, researchers, and insurers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, with the intent to provide specific, objective criteria by which to assess symptoms and determine whether to pay for treatment. The American Psychiatric Association released the manual’s fifth edition in May 2013, nearly twenty years after the fourth edition, to substantial public and professional criticism. This discussion examined the new revisions and their implications for patients, medical practice, research, and the law.

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This event was supported by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.