Dsm-5 Diagnosis Paper

     While there have been no outwardly successful treatments for Antisocial Personality Disorder, many of the disorders’ individuals never seek treatment alone, as they see no reason to conform to the rules of society with which they find no satisfaction. Instead, the individual will be prompted by his family or friends, or will be forced by a court system to seek treatment, and then will usually comply, and will consent to treatment. Much of the recent treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder has been behavioral, and has not been based around biological or medicinal findings.

The statistics and facts above have demonstrated that removing Asperger’s Disorder from the DSM-5, as a mental health diagnosis, negatively affects an entire population of people, referred to as Aspies. The underlying issue is the power the DSM-5 manual has on overall mental health to determine identities, diagnosis, treatment health and mental health services, educational services and more. One DSM change has power to affect an entire population of people with developmental disabilities. It is important to understand how this affects our society as a whole by examining how this problem affects family, religion, government, and economy.

The major psychological disorders fall under anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and other disorders such as eating, personality or dissociation disorders. By classifying these disorders, scientist can then describe and predict its future course. Mental health workers view psychological disorders as patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful and dysfunctional. The standard for what is deviant behavior is different in different cultures and in different context.

Individuals with antisocial personality disorder frequently commit illegal acts like destroying property, stealing, and harassing others. They often employ manipulation and deceit to obtain profit or pleasure. The criterion of impulsivity is often seen in a lack of planning. In other words, these individuals live in the present, not thinking about the past or future. This is often seen in numerous and sudden job changes, homes, or significant others. They tend to repeatedly fight with others and commit physical assault. A reckless disregard for one’s safety and that of others is often shown by unsafe driving behavior like drunk driving, drug abuse, or high risk sex. Those diagnosed are irresponsible. For example, it is not uncommon to see erratic work history, large gaps in employment (even when employment was readily available), departing a job with no plan to get another, and repeated unexcused absences

Next, the provisional diagnosis was formulated by giving Miguel assessment measures such as the WHODAS 2.0 for adults, the Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure, and the Clinician-Rated Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity. In addition, WHODAS 2.0 for adults will allow the counselor to assess the severity of the client’s disability (APA, 2013, p. 746). The Clinical-Rated Dimension of Psychosis Symptom Severity will help the counselor to analyze the severity of symptoms and may assist in the treatment process (APA, 2013, p. 742). Outside of work, no other problems have been mentioned because of the use of alcohol (APA, 2013). The counselor should also learn more about Miguel’s social life

The DSM has a lot of information pertaining to different and similar disorders. The DSM includes diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. The DSM has set criteria defined by experts for clinicians to make a diagnosis. The purpose of revising the DSM-5 was to improve diagnoses, treatment, and research. I am very impressed with the DSM-5. There are some conditions in the manual that I would have never thought were possible. However, they still have criteria and z codes to meet that diagnosis. Also, I am impressed that there are so many subtypes of disorders. For example, there are so many types of neurocognitive disorders listed in the DSM. A few of the neurocognitive disorders listed include NCD due to traumatic brain injury, HIV infection, Huntington's disease, another medical condition, and unspecified neurocognitive disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

The diagnosis of the character based upon the DSM-5 would be Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). According to the American Psychiatric Association (2013a), the diagnostic criteria are perpetual deficiency in social communication and interaction across many contexts and by the following: 1. deficiency in social-emotional exchange of all ranges from abnormal to lack of normal conversation, 2. deficiency in communicative behaviors that are used for social interaction ranging from lack of verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormal eye contact, body language and lack of facial expressions and 3. Not being able to develop, keep or comprehend relationships ranging from difficulties adjusting to new people to no interest in your peers. All three

Acting out behaviors is normal for children and adolescents; however, it can hinder ones functioning. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5), conduct disorder it is a repeated pattern of behavior that violated the right of others or rules which manifest in three ways (APA, 2013). Criteria for conduct disorder is: (a) aggression toward people and animals by the means of bullying, physical assault on people and animals, and sexual assault; (b) destruction of property as a result of fire setting or other damages; (c) deceitfulness one often tend to tell lies to obtain favor, and theft - stealing from individuals homes, cars, and stores; (d) violation of rules truancy from school, continuously running away from home, and breaking parental rules (APA, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to explain the relevance of assessing conduct disorder within juveniles in the correctional system, juvenile adjudication process use for conduct disorder, and pros and cons of this evaluation.

One of the characters is Regina. Regina could be called the “ring leader” of the group. She may have more than one personality disorder but I will focus on one to keep this brief. I would diagnose her with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The DSM 5 defines Narcissistic Personality Disorder as A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. There are many examples of how she fits into the narcissistic category. In the movie she will do anything she need to gain attention. For example, she will dress in anything she like regardless of the dress code so people pay attention. In her physical education class, she wears an extra

American Psychiatric Association (APA) updates the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) roughly every 10 years (Washburn, 2013). The last update was during May, 2013. This article talks about five critical points that every helping professional, such as social workers, should consider when using the DSM-5. Listed below are the five points listed within the article.

The changes that I noticed immediately in the DSM-5 were those regarding criteria for diagnosis. I always knew there were certain behaviors that must be exhibited in order for a student to receive a diagnosis of autism or any of the subcategories of ASD like Asperger’s Syndrome or PDD-NOS. However, the new DSM-5 only offers a diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), and language and communication criteria are now under the headings of social behavior and restricted activities. The DSM-5 is easier to understand because there are fewer categories and clearer explanations of behaviors that may be present in the child. It is also important to note that the DSM focuses primarily on social impairments and stereotyped activities, whereas IDEA’s definition includes how those behaviors affect the student academically. That is important to keep in mind because many of the

While reviewing the article Diagnosing for Status and Money, Summary of the Critique of the DSM, a few things seemed to jump off the page. The DSM-5 while a well written and no longer intimidating to me appears to have a slant towards managed care organizations vice actual counselors. Having a manual that provides simplistic codes universally used between doctors that treat physical ailments and those who treat psychological ailments is critical; however, the focus must always be the patient. The text contains subjective qualifiers which provides the counselor the ability to use multiple diagnosis, either over diagnosing or underdiagnosing. The DSM-5 appears to provide care from a medication management prospective over psychotherapy

The experiment studied 54 healthy individuals, 26 males and 28 females with a mean age of 29 years old. All participants were given a semi structured interview in order to ensure participants were healthy. An illness affecting the brain functioning, drug/alcohol abuse, or a history of neurological diseases such as stroke or epilepsy would result in exclusion from the experiment. Furthermore, they were also screened by a psychologist and given a structured clinical interview for DSM-IV. The multiple methods of assessment provide thorough examination in ensuring participants fit within the criteria and are considered healthy. Participants were presented with photographs of happy facial expressions. They were asked to try and feel the emotions

The DSM-5 is a guide used for clinicians to diagnose patients with mental disorders, and thus must give a comprehensive definition of the term mental disorder. One strength of the DSM-5 is that it indicates that “psychological, biological, and developmental processes [underlie] mental functioning” (APA, 2013, p. 20). This is important to include in the definition because it explains that there are multiple factors that attribute to mental function and dysfunction, rather than just representing the issue as having a psychological origin. Especially as more research is being done to link genetics to mental disorders, it is important to note to clinicians and the general public that mental disorders can be hereditary.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) provides standard criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. It serves numerous purposes and delineates a common language for researchers, clinicians, educators and students. The APA released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental disorders in May 2013 after 12 years of research involving a diverse range of 400 experts from 12 countries worldwide (Kuhl, Kupfer, & Reiner, 2013). While the release of the new DSM 5 has caused much controversy in the field of psychiatry, specifically for its changes in specific diagnosis and new disorders, the structural changes that have been made seem to be an improvement from the previous DSM IV and will help