DSM

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DSM

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of distinguished service medal
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of deep space maneuver, an orbital maneuver for a spacecraft far from Earth.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of digital surface model
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of distributional semantic model

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders. Because there is no HIPAA requirement that insurance companies also accept DSM-IV-TR codes, insurance companies are likely to only accept electronic claims that use ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes, and which will require psychologists who are only familiar with DSM-IV-TR to convert their DSM-IVTR diagnosis

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Closest in meaning: moh, csd, msw, msf, fv, sld, gad, dsd, dms, csb, deh, dsb, mds, nomenclature, manual, handbook

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"DSM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dsm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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DSM. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dsm

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"DSM." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dsm.

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@misc{dsm_2026,
  title = {DSM},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dsm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}