DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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<b>Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-IV,</b>by the American Psychiatric Association, 358 pp, spiral-bound, $22.50, ISBN 0-89042-064-5, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press Inc, 1994. <i>DSM-IV Sourcebook</i>, vol 1, edited by Thomas A. Widiger, Allen J. Frances, Harold Alan Pincus, Michael B. First, Ruth Ross, and Wendy Davis, 768 pp, $112.50, ISBN 0-89042-065-3, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994. <i>DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders</i>, fourth edition, was developed with a great deal of input from mental health professionals and professional organizations. In addition, there was a significant collaboration between the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization, as it developed the tenth revision of the<i>International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10)</i>. As a result, DSM-IV is a great improvement over the third edition<i>(DSM-III)</i>and the third edition, revised<i>(DSM-III-R)</i>. The Task Force on<i>DSM-IV</i>and 13 work groups (each responsible for a section