dsm5
dsm5 — DSM-5-TR Companion for Mental Health Conversations
This skill is a paraphrased companion to the DSM-5-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). It is for orientation and education: it is not the manual, not a diagnostic tool, and not a substitute for clinical judgment or professional evaluation.
Purpose
This skill is an evidence-based companion to the DSM-5-TR, built from the manual and
organized as a reference library under references/. Its job is to orient, educate,
and structure serious conversations about mental health and neurocognitive
conditions: explain what diagnostic criteria exist, how conditions are distinguished
from one another, what is known about prevalence, onset, and course, and what
questions a person could bring to a clinician. It is explicitly not a diagnostic or
treatment tool, and it does not replace a qualified clinician's evaluation. Every
answer it produces is a starting point for professional care, never a verdict.