DSM-II

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DSM-II is the second edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, reflecting mid-20th-century psychiatric classifications prior to the major revisions introduced in DSM-III.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
diagnostic manual
edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
abbreviation DSM-II NERFINISHED
aim to provide a standard system for the classification of mental disorders
author American Psychiatric Association NERFINISHED
basisOfClassification psychoanalytic and psychodynamic concepts
change 1973–1974 removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder
classificationSystem descriptive, non-etiological classification of mental disorders
containsCategory behavior disorders of childhood and adolescence
neuroses
personality disorders
psychoses
sexual deviations
transient situational personality disorders
contrastedWith DSM-III’s operational, research-based diagnostic criteria
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
editionNumber 2
field clinical psychology
mental health
followedBy DSM-III NERFINISHED
follows DSM-I NERFINISHED
hasLCClassification RC455 .A5 1968
hasOCLCNumber 108853
influenced psychiatric practice in the United States in the 1970s
influencedBy DSM-I NERFINISHED
psychoanalytic theory
inUseUntil 1980
language English
notableFor broad and often vague diagnostic categories
inclusion of homosexuality as a mental disorder
lack of explicit operational diagnostic criteria
reflecting mid-20th-century psychiatric nosology
numberOfPages 134
organizationResponsible American Psychiatric Association Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
precededBy DSM-I NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1968
publisher American Psychiatric Association NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1968
replacedBy DSM-III in 1980
revisedBy seventh printing 1974
subject mental disorders
psychiatric classification
psychiatry
title Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Second Edition NERFINISHED
usedIn clinical diagnosis of mental disorders
mental health services administration
psychiatric research

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DSM-III predecessor DSM-II