D.S.M.
abbreviation
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
D.S.M.
Americanabbreviation
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Doctor of Sacred Music.
DSM
British
abbreviation
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Ryan opened a snowpack PowerPoint while we took notes about storm slabs and wind slabs and persistent slabs, all of which sounded like subcategorical psychiatric disorders from the D.S.M.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
But any armchair diagnostician with the latest D.S.M. could make a few educated guesses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2016
“This is common enough that we debated whether to include it as a diagnosis in the D.S.M. 5,” psychiatrists’ influential diagnostic manual, said Dr. Michael First, a Columbia psychiatrist who edited it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2014
A much-decorated World War I veteran, he won the D.S.M. for his Midway defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was sure the star turn, that Pridmore, and I was glad to read the other day that they had given him the D.S.M.
From Sea-Hounds by Lewis R. Freeman
Making the legal leap without a DSM diagnosis is even harder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
That’s because social media apps and the latest version of the DSM are almost exactly the same age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Mike Richardson, the 66-year-old founder and owner of DSM, says he had tried to incorporate "nature" as much as possible into his data centre at a former RAF base just off the A1 near Peterborough.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, first included autism as a diagnosis in 1980.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
First of all there’s the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which lists every kind of psychological disorder known to man—that’s fun reading.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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