Podcast Listening Assignment

While reading over the introduction to the DSM-5 I was impressed. I have never looked at any DSM or really any mental health disorders thus far in my studies. I was mostly impressed with the strive to continue making the DSM more useful and understanding. Some things that are in the introduction to the DSM-5 that caught my attention was that the Task Force was very involved in trying to find a balance between the different disorders without confusing them together (p. 5). Another point that I found important was that the overall goal for the DSM-5 was “the degree to which two clinicians could independently arrive at the same diagnosis for a given patient” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 7). This is a strong reasoning to improve the DSM and I am actually stocked that it took this long to change things because Robert Spritzer (a psychiatrist of the twentieth century who became have a strong part in developing the DSM-III and the DSM-IIIR), back in 1974 noticed the central issue being the problem of diagnosis and psychiatrists not being able to agree on the same disorders (Spiegel, 2005).

　　One tool that social workers use for assessment is the DSM-V. It is a chart that has five categorizes of assessment. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States and contains a listing of diagnostic criteria for every psychiatric disorder recognized by the U.S. healthcare system. DSM is used in both clinical settings (inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinic, private practice, and primary care) as well as with community populations (APA, 2014).

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association.

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).

While reading the DSM-5 section one chapter, I noticed several changes that took place over a 12-year span. In the text, it stated that all the efforts were directed toward the goal of enhancing the clinical usefulness of the DSM-5 as a guide in the diagnosis of mental disorders. This made me wonder how many clinicians agree with the changes made to the DSM-5, and if they find it to be useful or more of a burden than the previous version.

The leading resource for diagnosing this disorder is the DSM-5 or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. It was last updated from the DSM-IV to the DSM-5 in 2013; this update has added a few new changes when it comes to the number of symptoms needed to

The structural reorganization of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) has caused it to become highly controversial and heavily criticized (Neimeyer, 2014). The structural reorganization focuses on a more theoretical based practice rather than an evidenced based practice. Utilization of an evidenced based practice has been the norm for nearly 20 years, leaving practitioners and clinicians critical about the recent changes. Transforming into a more theoretical way of thinking is reminiscent of the ideological approach of diagnosing and treating patients in the DSM 1 and 2. DSM-5 is attempting to align itself with International Classification of Disease (ICD). This is a substantial change towards a more ideological way of diagnosis and treating patients. In an effort to become

A. Thesis: The Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders First Edition (DSM-I), published in 1952, was one of the most significant events in psychology because it standardized the way that mental illnesses were diagnosed. B. Clarification: “Before the concept of making a universal system of diagnosing disorders, every hospital and treatment center had their own method of diagnostics.” C. Organization: Many things happened before and around the time of the publication of the first edition of the DSM. These events led to the problem of everyone using a different method of diagnosis. People all over the world were affected by this problem, so it became clear that something needed to

In recent debates DSM IV have been criticized before now; therefore, DSM-5 will also endure the discouragement of the further testing that concerning mental illness among many patients. Therefore, we must continue the push the scientific data that explains the occurrence that are found in testing.

Additionally, Frye assertion that revisions of the DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual), specifically DSM-III, DSM-III-R, and DSM-IV, have somehow contributed to the “looser” (Frye, 2015, p. 1) parameters of diagnostic criteria thereby increasing the prevalence or frequency of diagnoses. Once again, Frye generalizes the purpose of the DSM diagnostic criteria and fails to clarify that revision are a direct result of comprehensive investigation and examination of new or different findings within mental health.

According to my research, (“Diagnostic and statistical,” 2016), “the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) is the [newest] standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States” and the DSM IV-TR (Text Revision), is the version was last edited before. All DSM manuals will include a list the American Psychology Association deem a mental illness. One of the major difference between the two editions is the use/lack of use of the multiaxial or multidimensional approach to diagnosing. During the use of the DSM IV-TR, five major dimensions in the client’s life were to be considered when applying the correct diagnosis for the individual. According to an online review, the five axis that were previously used included: Clinical Syndromes, Developmental Disorders and Personality Disorders, Physical Conditions, Severity of Psychosocial Stressors, and Highest Level of Functioning (Heffner, C., 2016). Also Highlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 (2013), offers a general outline of the revisions/differences that can be seen from changing DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, some specifics that are mentioned include changing terminology that is used. For example, “the phrase ‘general medical condition’ is replaced in DSM-5 with ‘another medical condition’ where relevant across all disorders” (“Highlights of changes”, 2013, p. 1). Additional differences that arise between the editions include the amount to symptoms that are needed for diagnostic requirement. For example, when diagnosing for schizophrenia the DSM-5 included that the individual must display two (rather than one according to the DSM-IV) Criterion A symptoms to be schizophrenic and at least one of them have to include positive symptoms such as: delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech (“Highlights of changes, 2013, pp. 2-3). Many other tedious changes such as these have occurred in many other areas of diagnosing as well, but that

The DSM-5 and its previous editions were constructed using a categorical approach to the classification of mental

For a diagnosis to be made by the DSM-5, a list of particular criteria must be met, and specific information such as what the individuals current or most recent

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is like the diagnostic bible for mental professionals.

After the DSM-IV was announced in 1994, the American Psychiatric Association waited nineteen years before releasing the DSM-5 with new developments in 2013. There were five changes made to the DSM-5 which included: 1. OCD being removed from the anxiety section and given its own chapter called Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2. the hoarding and excoriation symptoms of OCD from the DSM-IV were made into their own disorders, 3. trichotillomania (hair pulling), body dysmorphic and hoarding disorders were moved into the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders chapter, 4. There was criteria removed from the DSM-IV that forced people to see their obsessions or compulsions as irrational or excessive, and lastly there was changes to