Understanding Mental Disorders

Your Guide to DSM-5

American Psychiatric Association
APP
ISBN 978-1-58562-491-1
388 pages
April 2015

Understanding Mental Disorders: Your Guide to DSM-5 is a consumer guide for anyone who has been touched by mental illness.  Based on the latest, fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—known as DSM-5—Understanding Mental Disorders provides valuable insight on what to expect from an illness and its treatment—and will help readers recognize symptoms, know when to seek help, and get the right care.