Entry from the DSM-5

Print version

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author.

Online version

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

If you are citing a specific entry you will need details on that entry as well. Individual chapters and other parts of DSM-% have been assigned DOIs. There are two ways you might possibly reference an individual entry:

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Avoidant personality disorder. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

Text citation: (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)