Renamed and reorganized some categories (adding "developmental disorder" category). 

Revised descriptions of diagnostic criteria.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In 1987, a revision of the DSM-III was published under the continued direction of Robert Spitzer and the American Psychological Association (APA). This revision mostly focused on some recategorization of certain diagnoses, while editing or removing controversial ones. 

DSM-III-R

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A distinct language and a historic pendulum: the evolution of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Teaching about mental health and illness through the history of the DSM

A revised edition of the DSM-III. 

Data were emerging from new studies that were inconsistent with some of the
diagnostic criteria.

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