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Provides access to the DSM-5 which is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders.

Also included in the DSM Library is the Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, and DSM-5 Clinical Cases. The criteria of the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings-inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care.

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Summary: 
Provides access to the DSM-5 which is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders.
Dates: 
2013-present