Question

There are many clinical vocabularies used in the United States but the focus of the __, 5th edition is to code mental disorders.

Answer 1

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5)

Step-by-step explanation:

The diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders also called DSM for short is in its 5th edition right now. It is called DSM-5 most of the time and it is a publication by the APA (American Psychiatric Association). We use it as a resource to classify or diagnose mental disorders and it is a very useful tool for that.