The Writing Center

by Ruth Rogers ‘07

Page 250 of the APA guide (5th edition) tells how this should be done. The reference given is for the DSM-IV, however. For the TR, you need to change the date of publication to 2000 and add the word Revised in the parentheses before 4th ed.. Leave the rest just like it is. And yes, the word Author goes after the location of publishing, because the author is APA and the publisher is APA. Here’s what you’ll end up with:

• American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Revised 4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

When you cite it in your text, the first time you’ll cite it like this:

(American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV-TR], 2000)

or

According to the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV-TR), blah blah blah (2000).

Any subsequent citations will then look like this:

(DSM-IV-TR, 2000)

Note that DSM-IV-TR should be in Italics in both citations, because it’s a title.