Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was published by __________
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → American Psychiatric Association (APA)
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) publishes the official manual that describes and classifies psychological disorders; its current version is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5).
The World Health Organisation prepared the other classification, the ICD-10 Classification of Behavioural and Mental Disorders, which is officially used in India.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 29-05-2026 (Slot 2).
NCERT (2025-26): “Classification of Psychological Disorders … The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published an official manual describing and classifying various kinds of psychological disorders. The current version of it, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition (DSM-5), presents discrete clinical criteria which indicate the presence or absence of disorders. The classification scheme officially used in India and elsewhere is the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), which is known as the ICD-10 Classification of Behavioural and Mental Disorders. It was prepared by the World Health Organisation (WHO).…” |