Joint Armed Forces Nomenclature and Method of Recording Psychiatric Conditions (SR 40-1025-2; NAVMED P-1303; AFR 160-13A) United States Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force Health & Medical,Military History

This scarce booklet represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of mental health classification, and directly influenced the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I) published three years later. American psychiatry entered World War II with an ill-defined system of nomenclature for the diagnosis and recording of psychiatric conditions, and these limited standards from civilian mental hospitals were inadequate for use with military personnel suffering the stresses of combat and military life. Following the war, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal directed that the Armed Services prepare a uniform classification and nomenclature to standardize the mental health classification systems used during World War II, including Technical Manual MED 203. This manual, published in 1949, was the result. This copy contains some notations by its psychiatrist prior owner, as well as 3 typescript pages of related information laid in. OCLC locates but 4 copies. Bound in printed paper covers over a saddle-stapled binding. Old tape reinforcement to spine, rust stain to front cover, prior owner name on front cover, along with occasional notations within text. Tape ghosts to final page and inside of blank rear cover. A good copy overall. Printed wrappers. Octavo. iv, 20 pages