Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Doctor of Sacred Music.
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These changes could be reflected in future revisions of the D.S.M., and it may not make sense to rename the disorder before this happens.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2021
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
Army Air Forces, pinned the D.S.M. on the bemedaled chest of Colonel Philip Cochran, 34-year-old inspiration for "Flip Corkin" of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates comic strip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he presented the D.S.M. to about fifty men, pinning the medal on each, and shaking each by the hand.
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Shortall, Katherine
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