These are typically classified according to their purpose, such as antidepressants and antipsychotics, or by their chemical make-up:

These include amphetamines and cocaine, boost metal alertness and energy

It works for severe depression, but it is only used when antidepressants and other treatments have not worked

This therapy works by changing people’s attitude and their behavior. The therapist focused on the thoughts, images, beliefs, and attitudes that we hold and how we relate to the way we behave, as a way of dealing with emotional problems.

DSM is a psychological classification of disorders and as such serve as a historically determined cognitive scheme imposed on clinical and scientific information to increase its comprehension ability and utility

DSM focused primarily on clinical utility and relief heavily on concepts of diagnosing psychopathology.

International Causes of Diseases (ICD) was develop as a tool for epidemiology and health management as clinical purposes.

The goal of 1968 revision of DSM II was compatibility of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, 8th edition (ICD 8) which covers all diseases and disorders both physical and psychological for the entire world.

DSM III has a number of important characteristics (APA 1980) that includes:

description approach, specifications, systematic description, and multi axial

system.