What Is The DSM-IV?

It categorizes (sp) diagnostic information in a systematic manner by grouping individuals. This enables psychiatrist to diagnose extremely disturbed individuals based on similarities of behaviour easily and concisely. Clinicians and researches can use the DSM manual easily and effectively. The DSM also hopes to achieve a greater consensus without having to make assumptions about the suspected causes of disorders to do this, recent versions of the DSM have strived to increase their reliability. This was done by formulating new categories, which are more in depth and ask appropriate questions.
DSM-IV has a broad list of categories as well as symptoms that indicate what must and must not be present for the appropriate disorder to be diagnosed