What is the purpose of the DSM-V?
a. It provides a detailed list of clinical psychiatric disorders.
b. It details data and statistics about mental disorders in the United States.
c. It serves as the official American resource manual detailing diagnostic criteria of psychiatric disorders.
d. It acts as a compendium of the international demographics of substance abuse and mental disorders.
C
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) is published by the American Psychiatric Association. It provides diagnostic criteria for mental and substance abuse disorders and is used throughout the United States. The other options are not descriptive of the DSM-V.
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