<p>At this present moment I cannot find full date information, but looking at <a href="http://displus.sk/DSM/subory/dsm3.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a copy of the DSM-III I have found</a>, on the bottom of the 3rd page of the PDF it points out:</p>

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  <p>First Printing, February 1980<br>
  Second Printing, May 1980</p>
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Thanks, that's perfect.
Brindle Cruncher
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<p>I cannot for the life of me find the exact date -- day, month, year -- for the original DSM-III publication. The Google Citation, Amazon info, APA page, and others only list 1980. Does anyone know? Thanks.</p>

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Day and month of 1980 DSM-III publication
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# Day and month of 1980 DSM-III publication

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-29)

I cannot for the life of me find the exact date -- day, month, year -- for the original DSM-III publication. The Google Citation, Amazon info, APA page, and others only list 1980. Does anyone know? Thanks.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

At this present moment I cannot find full date information, but looking at [a copy of the DSM-III I have found](http://displus.sk/DSM/subory/dsm3.pdf), on the bottom of the 3rd page of the PDF it points out:

> First Printing, February 1980  
> Second Printing, May 1980

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, that's perfect.  

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