The basic psychodynamic roots of diagnosis remained unchanged in DSMII.

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There are some aspects of DSMI that were kept for DSMII.

Theoretical stances

Some terms

What remained

Clegg, J. W. (2012). Teaching about mental health and illness through the history of the DSM. History of psychology, 15(4), 364. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027249

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

Theoretical stances

Theoretical terms, particularly those with psychoanalytic formulations, were not removed, including the terms "neuroses" and "psychophysiologic disorders".

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