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However, although the number of identified diagnoses has increased by more than 200 % ( from 106 in DSM-I to 365 in DSM-IV-TR ), psychiatrists such as Zimmerman and Spitzer argue it almost entirely represents greater specification of the forms of pathology, thereby allowing better grouping of more similar patients.

William Glasser, however, refers to the DSM as " phony diagnostic categories ", arguing that " it was developed to help psychiatrists – to help them make money ".

In addition, the publishing of the DSM, with tightly guarded copyrights, has in itself earned over $ 100 million for the American Psychiatric Association.