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Psychology: DSM-Library

This guide is an introduction to information resources in Psychology.

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.