The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) defines and classifies mental disorders to enhance diagnoses, education, treatment, and research in mental health and related fields or professions. The manual is a category, collection of, and assessment of mental disorders. The manual’s primary objective is to assist with the measurement and review of multiple types of clinical settings in the mental health profession. The DSM is an essential guide or manual for licensed mental health clinicians and practitioners and others in the United States as well as internationally. It is the most widely used in the classification of mental disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Mental health clinicians from research, …show more content…
Furthermore, the DSM is certainly utilized in its application of guidance in categories of mental disorders, and it has been an embryonic since its initial publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 1952, which it is currently in its fifth edition published on May 18, 2013. Consequently, the DSM is always changing, updating, or revising as a more inclusive resource or reference document for diagnosis of people with mental disorders or illnesses in each published edition. There are many who believe that the DSM is the bible relating to the mental health profession, and there are others who believe that the DSM has lost its way as the resource guide or manual that it has been over the many years for the mental health …show more content…
Moreover, the revisions to the DSM has been grounds for clinical social workers to all collaborate and be on the same page, which fosters better treatments, diagnosis, and the DSM-5 being easier to use. In addition, it allows for clients to be a part of the process and start implementing treatments plans for themselves. According to Probst (2013), it helps social workers when diagnosing clients to understand their client and know what approach to take when giving interventions and implementing goals (p.109). Therefore, treatment or evaluation plans would be more reliable and provide people with a sustainable quality of life and it helps to alleviant mental
9). Based on the afore initiatives, the mental health professional must decide which therapy would be beneficial in treatment for the clients’ problems. Evaluations and reevaluations may be needed to be successful in treatment (Nurcombe, 2014,
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
This fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM will be the standard classification of mental disorders (Nauert, 2011). Mental health professionals and other health professionals will use this standard in their diagnoses and researches. The American Psychiatric Association released a draft of proposed changes after a decade of review and revision by the Association. Allen Frances, chairman and editor of DSM IV, and Robert Spitzer, editor of DSM III, expressed objections to the task force conducting the revisions and the proposed revisions. Present chairman is David Kupfer and vice chairman is Darrel Regier (Nauert; Collier, 2010).
The DSM-5 lists approximately 400 mental disorders, each one explains the criteria for diagnosing the disorder and key clinical features, and sometimes describes features that are often times not related to the disorder. The classification is further explained by the background information such as: research findings, age, culture, gender trends, and each disorder’s prevalence, risk, course, complications, predisposing factors, and family patterns (Comer, 2013, pp.100).... ... middle of paper ... ...
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
One of the main references in promoting the adoption of policies related to CS is Bradshaw et al. (2007) who linked improved outcomes with CS. In the same light, a more recent publication of the HSE - the national supervision guidelines (2015), also states that CS could improve quality of care and staff engagement. The establishment proposes organisational change platforms to accomplish recovery alignment in the mental health service. This ensures compliance with the Mental Health Act (2001) regulations and initiates a responsibility on the HSE to facilitate this.
Frances, A., & Ross, R. (1996). DSM-IV case studies a clinical guide to differential diagnosis. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
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The only limitation to the study is that it failed to mention any costs related to obtaining the services. And it did not mention any demographic variables with respect to race, average age, and levels of income and mental health status (at intake) of the population they served. According to Cummings (2009) at intake, clients suffered a greatly with their activities of daily living and were recently hospitalized for psychiatric issues. It would be unfair to assume that the current study took into account for any of these issues. The study was limited in revealing this pertinent information. Greater knowledge of the patient during intake may provide for greater accuracy in determining the correct agency to direct the prospective client. Other than that, the program appears very thorough in their service delivery.
The DSM has been found to be somewhat bias. There are some pros and cons to the DSM as well. Some have found that it leads to uniform and improved diagnosis, improves informed professional communication through uniformity, and provides the basis for a comprehensive educational tool. While others believe it can lead to diagnostic labels, by providing limited information on the relationship between environmental considerations and aspects of the mental health condition. Lastly, it does not describe intervention strategies (Wakefield,
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the comprehensive guide to diagnosing psychological disorders. This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and is currently in its fifth revision. Moreover, the manual is utilized by a multitude of mental health care professionals around the world in the process of identifying individuals with disorders and provides a comprehensive list of the various disorders that have been identified. The DSM serves as the essential resource for diagnosis of mental disorders based off of the various signs and symptoms displayed by individuals while also providing a basic reference point for the treatment of the different disorders. The manual attempts to remain scientific in its approach to identifying the underlying symptoms of each disorder while meeting the needs of the different psychological perspectives and the various mental health fields. The DSM has recently gone through a major revision from the DSM-IV-TR to the DSM-5 and contains many significant changes in both the diagnosis of mental disorders and their classifications.
Kahn, Ada P., and Jan Fawcett. The Encyclopedia of Mental Health. 2nd ed. New York: Facts On File, 2001.
Identification of any psychosocial or contextual factors to be considered, as outlined in the DSM-5
Caplan, P. (2012), Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM, is doing more harm than good, The Washington Post, 27 April.
In 1980, BPD had finally been recorded in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Ogrodniczuk & Hernandez, 2010). Now in the fifth edition, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists BPD among the fifteen types of personality disorders (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013).