The structure and theoretical orientation was largely unchanged; a descriptive orientation and multiaxial system remained. 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In 1994, the DSM-IV was published by the American Psychological Association (APA) with guidance from a new taskforce headed by Allen Frances. The revisions for this edition were largely focused around providing more research credibility to the existing diagnoses, while also adding stricter “clinically significant” requirements for most symptoms to be considered for a diagnosis. This was in accordance with an updated definition of mental disorder, focusing on the same requirement of “clinically significant” aspects of distress or disability. 

DSM-IV

Sanders, J. L. (2011). A distinct language and a historic pendulum: the evolution of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Archives of psychiatric nursing, 25(6), 394-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2010.10.002

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

Revised the DSM-III-R so that "development could be coordinated with the ongoing development of the 10th revision of the ICD".

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