Editing Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (section)

== Limits and interest ==
The interest of the DSM is to propose a rigorous classification of pathologies which allows the constitution of a common language among clinicians. In addition, it allows statistical research to be carried out on the frequency of a disorder to guide public health research.

Its limits are those inherent in categorization. He asks questions in terms of locking people into a diagnosis at the risk of giving in to an excessive medicalization of the state of suffering.