Dr. fields practices therapy within the united states and often refers to a resource that her to classify and diagnose various disorders. the resource to which dr. fields might refer today is the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM), Fifth Edition. It is the 2013 refresh to the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) order and analytic instrument. In the United States, the DSM fills in as an all inclusive specialist for psychiatric conclusions. Treatment proposals, and also installment by human services suppliers, are regularly dictated by DSM orders, so the presence of another variant has critical functional significance.