DSM-IV gets reexamined. Expect a DSM-V in a few years.

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Psychologists are revising the DSM-IV. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been altered a few times since its first edition came out in 1952 (hence the "IV") to reflect better information and changing ideas about what makes a healthy mind. For example, earlier versions of the DSM listed homosexuality as a disease. The DSM-IV does not

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