The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Is

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the "bible" of the mental health professions.

A) Every disorder listed in the DSM can count as a mental disease or defect for purposes of the insanity defense, especially according to the American Law Institute (ALI) standards
B) Because the manual has been demonstrated to greatly improve the inter examiner reliability of diagnoses made by mental health professionals
C) Most likely disorders classified as psychoses would serve as a mental disease or defect for purposes of a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity defense
D) Because the legal formulations carefully and precisely define the terms mental disease and mental disorder.