The DSM-IV lists approximately 297 disorders. How many disorders are listed in the DSM-5?

The total number of specific diagnoses was reduced from 172 in DSM-IV to 157 in DSM-5.

see, e.g., McCarron RM. The DSM-5 and the art of medicine: certainly uncertain. Annals of internal medicine. 2013;159(5):360-1.

The media is stating that the number of disorders is now over 300: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/dsm-5-unveiled-changes-disorders-_n_3290212.html

Here are some examples of disorders that were added:

The listing of disorders in a diagnostic and statistical manual is highly misleading. Many of these 'disorders' are behavioural manifestations and there is no organic or physical aetiology to support a diagnosis. Certain behaviours are mistaken for symptoms and often lead to erroneous diagnoses. Many others result in a diagnosis after a period of psychopharmaceutical intervention and consequently are self fulfilling prophecies rather than disorders.

We should not concern ourselves too much with the number of disorders but the quality of the evidence that describes them. Many are plainly farcical.

The pharmaceutical companies, which is the modern day driver behind psychiatric diagnosis rather than evidence-based research (how many studies quash psychotherapies as a effective treatment for mental disorders and promote drugs, or are funded by pharmaceutical companies, compared to those that are not?), want to increase their earnings and an effective way to do so is dream up more mental disorders that can then be voted in to the DSM by the American Psychiatric Association board, the National Institute of Mental Health openly declare that the DSM-5 lacks validity (it does, however, provide reliability) and other organisations such as the British Psychological Society have concerns that were largely ignored. An alternative would be the ICD-11 when it is released or use the DSM-IV-TR

Hii, have you find an apropriate answer? I can't find it either.

Hi - Came across this question looking for same information as posed here. This web page provides some helpful responses on this: http://www.jamesmorrisonmd.org/number-of-dsm-diagnoses.html - Official count of disorders in DSM-5 seems to be 157.