American Psychiatric Association
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The American Psychiatric Association is a professional organization of psychiatrists whose members are American and international physicians who are trained in psychiatry. The association is responsible for various journals and pamphlets, as well as the book Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM. The DSM codifies the generally-accepted psychiatric conditions and the guidelines for diagnosing those conditions.
See also
- American Psychological Association
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Antipsychiatry
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- American Psychoanalytic Association
External links
- [The American Psychiatric Association]
- (http://www.ips-india.org The Indian Psychiatric Society}
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