User:BobAllen1357/Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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The DSM-I centers around three classes of symptoms: psychotic, neurotic, and behavioral. Within each class of mental disorder, classifying information is provided to differentiate conditions with similar symptoms. Under each broad class of disorder (e.g. “Psychoneurotic Disorders” or “Personality Disorders”), all possible diagnoses are listed, generally from least to most severe. The 1952 DSM version also includes sections detailing how to record patients’ disorders along with their demographic details. The form includes information like a patient's area of residence, admission status, discharge date/condition, and severity of disorder. See Figure 1. for the form that psychiatrists were asked to utilize for recording preliminary diagnostic information.
