DSM in Action (eBook)

5th Edition Text Revisions

Sophia F. Dziegielewski (Autor)

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2025 | 4. Auflage
1415 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
9781394273447 (ISBN)

Infos

An updated clinical resource for mental health professionals diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental health disorders in patients

In DSM-V-TR In Action, clinician and researcher Sophia F. Dziegielewski delivers an up-to-date and accurate practice resource for mental health professionals applying the DSM-V-TR to diagnose and assess patients. The author introduces the major diagnostic assessment schemes used in the profession and offers comprehensive diagnostic information for each selected category of disorder.

The book is packed with hands-on, easy-to-access resources, including explanations of diagnostic criteria, real-world case examples, and a wealth of treatment plans you can apply in your own practice. You'll also find explorations of the most significant changes between the DSM-5 and the DSM-5-TR, as well as:

• Updated information to match the wording changes implemented in the DSM-5-TR
• New treatment plans in the Appendix section
• Contemporary application principles relating to the psychopathologies covered in the DSM-5-TR

Perfect for mental health practitioners - like social workers, school counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists - DSM-V-TR is also a must-read for trainees preparing for mental health licensure exams and graduate students studying psychopathology, abnormal psychology, and mental health diagnosis and treatment.

Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Ph.D., LCSW, is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. To her credit she has over 160 publications in the area of professional practice and research, and has trained over 25,000 social workers to prepare for their licensing exams across the United States.

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Preface

The pages that follow will introduce the reader to the diagnostic assessment, with its obvious strengths as well as its limitations. Although the concept of diagnosis and assessment is rich in tradition, the connection between diagnostic procedures and the assessment of behavioral‐based outcomes leads to appropriate treatment. Therefore, the term diagnostic assessment calls for a direct link between the identified diagnosis and the treatment to address it. This requires using the diagnostic information as a way to strategize the practice strategy to follow. In turn, the practice strategy must also recognize the importance of the relationship between the problems and concerns of the person and the person’s culture, support system, and environment. Furthermore, this requires the importance of continually assessing and reassessing how to best address context changes related to emotional, physical, and situational factors regarding client well‐being. This book stresses a team approach that invites all medically and nonmedically trained professionals to join in a collaborative team‐based method. By working together, medically trained and non‐medically trained practitioners can best identify and serve a client's needs by providing a comprehensive diagnostic assessment that ensures high‐quality care.

This book utilizes the diagnostic nomenclature outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and goes beyond the DSM to clearly suggest treatment planning and practice strategy. The diagnostic assessment is embedded in the use of supporting texts, also referred to as the bibles of mental health, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. [DSM‐5] and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed., Text Revision [DAM‐5‐TR] (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; 2022a), in conjunction with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (WHO, 1993), and the ICD‐10‐CM (WHO, 2008). These books have been the standards for the diagnostic portion of mental health practice for decades. Therefore, it should come as no surprise to mental health professionals that the new edition, the DSM‐5‐TR, crosswalks insurance billing with the ICD‐10‐CM, while preparing for the eventual adoption of the ICD‐11 (WHO, 2021). This connection coincides in the United States with the latest mandatory requirement for usage that started in October of 2015. Also, included in this text is the application of the DSM‐5‐TR updates published in 2022 and 2023 (APA, 2022b; 2023).

This text seeks to go beyond the DSM and the ICD diagnostic criteria, however, with its focus on using these criteria to help identify the most efficient and effective treatment planning and practice strategy. Familiarity with these books is important for completing the diagnostic assessment, and all mental health professionals need to be able to understand this diagnostic information and how to build on it to provide a competent, efficient, and effective practice strategy. To assist in this process, this book outlines the basic diagnostic information related to the DSM‐5‐TR and takes this information to suggest potential treatment strategy.

Similar to previous editions, this edition of this text continues to serve as a handbook that extends beyond just learning the criteria for a diagnosis. After providing an overview of the basics, the text extends to treatment strategy with the creation of treatment plans, including suggestions for individualizing the best therapeutic services available. In using the DSM, concerns remain about misdiagnosis, overdiagnosis, and labeling clients—all practices that can have severe repercussions personally, medically, socially, and occupationally—and the need for informed, ethical practice has never been more important. The initial stages of transition to the DSM‐5‐TR will require balancing the knowledge of DSM‐5 as well as its predecessor DSM‐5‐TR. Mental health practitioners believe strongly in allowing ethical principles, environmental factors, and a respect for cultural diversity to guide all practice decisions. From this perspective, the diagnostic assessment described in this book embodies concepts such as individual dignity, worth, respect, and nonjudgmental attitudes.

For social workers and other mental health counselors (often referred to as practitioners), recognizing these values is the cornerstone from which all treatment planning and intervention is built. Many times, these concepts remain subjective and require professional acknowledgment, interpretation, and application extending beyond the formal diagnostic criteria and requiring interpretation and application strategies that lead to efficient and effective practice strategy. What is most important to remember is that the DSM, regardless of the version, does not suggest treatment. When using the term diagnostic assessment, this book will help to further the crosswalk between placing the diagnosis and utilizing the assessment to make the connection to treatment planning and practice strategy.

OVERVIEW

To start this endeavor, the four chapters of Section I introduce the reader to the major diagnostic assessment schemes utilized in the profession and through this diagnostic lens outline both support and resistance issues. In these introductory chapters, the basics of diagnosis and assessment are exemplified in relation to how these terms are applied in current health and mental health practice. The learning process begins with an understanding of how terms such as diagnosis and assessment are combined in relation to current health and mental health practice and treatment strategy. A historical perspective provides the background of the DSM, comparing the similarities and differences from previous editions and the rationale for the latest version, the DSM‐5‐TR. Further, this section summarizes the current expectations and controversies surrounding the DSM‐5‐TR. Considered in DSM‐5‐TR is the importance of including supporting information, such as the use of the dimensional assessment, crosscutting of symptoms, and the use of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI). It ends with an overview of how the “In Action” connection is made, linking the diagnostic impression to treatment planning and practice strategy. Case examples show the application of the theoretical concepts and demonstrate how these principles relate to practice strategy.

Section II provides comprehensive diagnostic information for each selected category of disorder, identifying commonly seen psychiatric mental health conditions. Each chapter contains Quick References designed to highlight the most important diagnostic criteria clearly and concisely. The case examples show how the criteria can manifest. For each category of disorders outlined in the application chapters, at least one disorder highlights the “In Action” focus of the book. The case example provides a comprehensive diagnostic assessment and treatment plan that reflects the related practice strategy.

Additional treatment plans were one of the most popular features of previous editions of this book, and they remain included. The changes between DSM‐5 and DSM‐5‐TR are highlighted, with the addition of a new diagnosis termed Prolonged Grief Disorder added to the chapter information within the Trauma‐ and Stressor‐Related Disorders. Previously in DSM‐5, this diagnosis was considered tentative and included in the area for further study. Also, in the Appendix treatment plan section, the description of this diagnosis is highlighted along with a sample treatment plan.

Treatment planning is essential to practice strategy, and regardless of whether the DSM or the ICD is used for diagnostic purposes, the treatment plans and intervention strategy will remain similar. Therefore, the appendix covers selected disorders not addressed in the individual chapters and also added selected quick references that clearly outline the criteria. Each treatment plan explains the signs and symptoms that should be recorded, along with potential short‐ and long‐range goals for the client. A comprehensive approach to treatment is suggested that considers what needs to be done by the client, the practitioner, and the family.

Uniqueness of This Book

What remains unique about this book is that it challenges the practitioner to synthesize information into a complete diagnostic assessment that bridges the diagnostic information with the assessment strategy suggesting appropriate treatment planning and practice strategy. Each chapter, along with the quick references, is designed to give health and mental health practitioners a sense of hands‐on learning and participation. This book is not meant to include all aspects of a mental disorder and its subsequent treatment. Rather, it provides a framework for approaching the disorder, with suggestions for the treatment that will follow.

Therefore, this book provides a reader‐friendly comprehensive reference to the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders, as well as specific applications designed to show how to apply the diagnostic framework toward current practice strategy. Each...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Schlagworte: dsm case studies • dsm desk reference • dsm reference guide • mental disorder intervention • mental disorder reference guide • mental disorder treatment • mental disorder treatment plans • Psychiatric treatment plans • psychological treatment plans
• ISBN-13: 9781394273447 / 9781394273447