ＤＳＭ

noun

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; DSM

Refers to the American Psychiatric Association's classification of mental disorders. Widely used in Japanese psychiatry and clinical psychology.

• ＤＳＭは精せい神しん疾しっ患かんの診しん断だん基き準じゅんを定さだめている。

  The DSM establishes diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.

• 最さい新しんのＤＳＭに基もとづいて診しん断だんが行おこなわれた。

  The diagnosis was made based on the latest DSM.

noun

demand side management

Energy industry term for managing consumer electricity demand. Less common than the psychiatric sense in general usage.

• 電でん力りょく会社がいしゃはＤＳＭを導どう入にゅうしてピーク需じゅ要ようを抑おさえている。

  The power company has introduced demand side management to curb peak demand.