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Meaning of DSM | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of distinguished service medal.
  2. Initialism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders.
  3. Initialism of deep space maneuver, an orbital maneuver for a spacecraft far from Earth.
  4. Initialism of digital surface model.
  5. Initialism of distributional semantic model.

Equivalents

Français DSM

Examples

“Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis codes into ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes.”
“The DSM is considered the “bible” of psychiatry because it’s the criteria mental health professionals use to diagnose their patients.”
“While samhainophobia is not a distinct diagnosis in the DSM-5, the fear of Halloween may meet the diagnostic criteria for a specific phobia.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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