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The American Psychiatric Association is a professional organization of psychiatrists whose members are American and international physicians who are trained in psychiatry. The association is responsible for various journals and pamphlets, as well as the book Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM. The DSM codifies the generally-accepted psychiatric conditions and the guidelines for diagnosing those conditions.

Aims of organisationEdit

Journals publishedEdit

• Academic Psychiatry
• American Journal of Psychiatry
• Focus (journal)
• Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
• Psychiatric News
• Psychiatric Services
• Psychosomatics

Prizes awardedEdit

See alsoEdit

• American Psychological Association
• Antipsychiatry
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Professional organisations

External linksEdit

• The American Psychiatric Association
• (http://www.ips-india.org The Indian Psychiatric Society}

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