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Guide to DSM Library (DSM-5)

Reading the DSM-5

Note the publisher has made the DSM-5-TR available electronically here in a format more similar to a website than an ebook you might find in the Kindle store or from your local public library.  It is not a scanned PDF of the physical edition, but instead a digitized version completely readable from your browser and navigated like you would a website, by clicking through section topics or using the website's search features.  

Navigation options when reading the DSM-5-TR include:

  • Use the Table of Contents to navigate to specific chapters (topics) within the DSM-5.
  • Once you've opened a chapter, use the Sections menu to navigate to a specific part of the document.  
  • You can move to the previous or next chapter by using the corresponding links, or go back to the Table of Contents. 

Note the image below is of the DSM-5, but the process is identical.

Animated GIF of navigating to a chapter in the DSM-5