D.S.M.
Americanabbreviation
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Doctor of Sacred Music.
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Example Sentences
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From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2021
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
To the 58-year-old Army veteran, V.M.I.-man and West Pointer, possessor of the D.S.M.,
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 Freeman, Lewis R.
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