# Using the DSM-IV in a Bibliography with MLA format

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**Created:** [December 8, 1999, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173 "1999-12-08T01:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173/1 "1999-12-08T01:58:00Z")

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Can anyone here tell me how I would quote the DSM-IV in an MLA bibliography? It doesn’t seem to have a main editor, or a publisher, as far as I can tell. Can someone tell me who publishes it, and possibly provide me with the necessary part of the bibliography? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 1999, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173/2 "1999-12-08T02:29:00Z")

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV  
4th edition.  
Published in Washington, D.C. by the American Psychiatric Association in 1994.

It has no single editor, according to my library catalog, nor does it have an author.

I think with the above information, you should be able to come up with an MLA cite.

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**Author:** ![glowingwendy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@glowingwendy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowingwendy)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-dsm-iv-in-a-bibliography-with-mla-format/5173/3 "2015-11-24T12:33:11Z")

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_Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5_. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Print.

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