American Psychiatric Association
For mental health practitioners, clinical researchers, and psychiatric students requiring mobile access to diagnostic standards.
DSM-5-TR® Diagnostic Criteria
Snapshot
Who is American Psychiatric Association?
Providing mental health professionals with mobile access to the gold-standard diagnostic criteria and clinical coding for psychiatric practice.
Target audience
Portfolio
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DSM-5-TR® Diagnostic Criteria
v1.9
7mo ago
Publisher DNA
What defines American Psychiatric Association?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Medical diagnostic reference tools
Scale
indie
Target audience
Mental health practitioners, clinical researchers, and psychiatric students requiring mobile access to diagnostic standards.
Origin
The professional organization representing psychiatrists and the publisher of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Signature Patterns
- •Monetization via an upfront paid model
- •Integration of official medical coding (ICD-10-CM)
- •High-utility, reference-heavy interface designed for clinical environments
- •Content-driven updates aligned with new diagnostic classifications
Portfolio momentum
Focused on maintaining a single high-utility flagship, with 2 updates released in the last 6 months.
Portfolio
What does American Psychiatric Association ship?
Apps
3 apps analysed
Analysis in progress
Analysis in progress
Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.
Based on 1 of 3 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
Americas (1)
- United States1 / 1
Core markets (1/1 apps)
Rivals
Who does American Psychiatric Association compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
Both apps target clinical professionals requiring rapid diagnostic support, creating a direct conflict for the time and budget of practitioners in the medical field.
Contenders(7)
Both apps target mental health practitioners, but they serve distinct clinical needs: DSM-5-TR provides diagnostic classification standards, while Columbia Psychiatry Pathways offers specific treatment algorithms for depression.
Both apps target medical professionals requiring rapid access to diagnostic or billing codes, creating functional overlap for practitioners managing patient documentation and reimbursement.
Both apps target mental health practitioners and students as clinical reference tools, creating a shared audience despite the difference in focus between diagnostic criteria and pharmacological treatment.
Both apps target users seeking mental health information, but the DSM-5-TR provides clinical diagnostic standards while the rival offers self-administered screening questionnaires.
Targets the same mental health professional audience by offering continuing education credits.
Both apps target mental health practitioners and students by providing clinical reference material for psychiatric diagnosis and management. They compete for the same professional user base seeking mobile access to diagnostic standards and treatment guidelines.
Both apps target medical professionals needing quick access to diagnostic or coding standards, creating overlap for clinicians who require both psychiatric diagnostic criteria and billing codes.
Same space(10)
Provides clinical decision support for substance use disorders, complementing the diagnostic focus of the source app.
Provides clinical decision support for healthcare professionals, overlapping with the psychiatric practitioner user base.
Addresses the same clinical audience by providing a neuroscience-based framework for psychotropic medication.
Focuses on clinical exam preparation for students, serving a similar educational need as the source app.
Offers educational content for the same psychiatric audience, focusing on visual pathophysiology.
Targets the same student and resident demographic but focuses on board exam preparation rather than clinical reference.
Provides specialized coding utility for the same medical professional audience, focusing on diagnostic classification.
Serves the same professional psychiatric community by managing research colloquium and conference logistics.
Serves the same professional student audience but focuses on acupuncture rather than psychiatric diagnostic standards.
Directly competes for the student and professional exam preparation segment within psychiatry.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on American Psychiatric Association
Bottom line
The APA occupies a unique, unassailable position as the primary source of psychiatric diagnostic standards. Their mobile strategy focuses on utility for a captive professional audience rather than broad consumer engagement.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 1
- With full intel:
- 0
- With overview:
- 1
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- yes