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Psychology: DSM-Library

This guide is an introduction to information resources in Psychology.
DSM-5
DSM-5-TR
DSM-5® Handbook Of Differential Diagnosis
DSM-5® Clinical Cases
DSM-5® Handbook On The Cultural Formulation Interview
Guía De Consulta De Los Criterios Diagnósticos Del DSM-5®

Citing the DSM

Citing the DSM is covered in Sections 10.2 and 10.3 of the APA Publication Manual, and online.

Entire volume DSM citation (follows BOOK format):

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text  rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787

  • Parenthetical citations: (American Psychiatric Association, 2022)
  • Narrative citations: American Psychiatric Association (2022)

Entry in the DSM (follows BOOK CHAPTER format):

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Anxiety disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm05

  • Parenthetical citation: (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)
  • Narrative citation: American Psychiatric Association (2013)
  • Because the author and the publisher are the same, “American Psychiatric Association” is written only in the author element.
  • Provide a DOI when the diagnostic manual has one.
  • For editions of the DSM without DOIs, the reference ends after the title edition.