What is the most recent version of the DSM?
The current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), was published in July 2000. Changes to the DSM-IV-TR were, for the most part, confined to the descriptive text that accompanied each disorder. The most recent revision in diagnostic criteria was DSM-IV, published in 1994. In all, there have been 4 major revisions of the DSM. The first edition of the DSM was published in 1952. Subsequent revisions included DSM-II, (published in 1968), DSM-III (published in 1980), DSM-III-R (published in 1987), and DSM-IV (published in 1994).