PSYC 1115: Fundamentals of Psychology

Published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the DSM-5 is the current classification system of psychiatric illnesses. This handbook serves "as a template to estimate the incidence (new cases) and prevalence (existing cases) of mental disorders in the general population."

235 entries, organized alphabetically, which include a general conceptual and methodological overview, a section on relevant assessment devices, and covering issues pertaining to methodology (validity, reliability, item response theory) and modes of assessment (tests, instruments and equipment for measuring behavioral operations).