List the author of the DSM as the American Psychiatric Association and insert a period after the name. In italics, write out the manual's name like this: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Identify which edition of the manual you are referencing. Write the edition number and the abbreviation "ed." For example: 4th ed.
Write the publication location as Washington, D.C. Use a colon and identify the publisher as the American Psychiatric Association. After inserting a comma, list the year the DSM edition was published.
Use a period after the publication year and write the word "Print" to identify the medium of publication. The citation ends with a period.
Check that your citation matches the following: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 1994. Print.
Use this format when citing the revised versions of the third or fourth edition of the DSM: Author. Title. Original publication date. Publication location: Publisher, Year of revised version. Medium.
For example: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. 1994. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Print.