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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition - the standard classification system for mental health disorders used by psychiatrists.

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Mark Manson mentioned ✓ High confidence
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders or the DSM is the Bible of psychiatry. It's the book that defines what counts as a mental illness and what does not."
From: The Best Thing About You is Also the Worst Thing • ▶ 10:42 • Feb 2026

Attribution: Factual reference to explain psychiatric diagnosis framework

Mark Hyman, MD mentioned ✓ High confidence
"So the DSM-5 or whatever it is now 10, 11, 12 is basically a catalog of symptoms of defining people based on X Y or Z symptom"
From: Harvard Doctor Exposes What's Wrong With Modern Psychiatry • ▶ 3:03 • Jan 2026

Attribution: Hyman mentions DSM-5 as part of explaining current psychiatric diagnostic practices