- Choose one “pro” from the list of positive aspects of diagnosis. (Clients understanding their behavior and experiences) Explain why it is positive.
- Choose one “con” from the list of negative aspects of diagnosis. ( Overdiagnosing) Explain why an awareness of this aspect of diagnosis is important to your practice.
- American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR) (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
- Section I, “DSM-5 Basics” (pp. 5–29)
- Section III, “Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis” (pp. 859–879)
- Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015a). Intake interviewing and report writingLinks to an external site.. In Clinical interviewing (5th ed., pp. 243–286). Wiley.
- Note: Read pages 273–281 in this chapter. You do not need to read the entire chapter.
- Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015b). The mental status examinationLinks to an external site.. In Clinical interviewing (5th ed., pp. 287–328). Wiley.
- Note: Read pages 290–326 in this chapter. You do not need to read the entire chapter.
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- Coleman Health Services. (2022). Evaluation and diagnostic assessmentLinks to an external site.. https://www.colemanservices.org/services/evaluation-diagnostic-assessment/
- First, M. B., Gaebel, W., Maj, M., Stein, D. J., Kogan, C. S., Saunders, J. B., Poznyak, V. B., Gureje, O., Lewis-Fernandez, R., Maercker, A., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Claudino, A., Pike, K. M., Baird, G., Skuse, D., Krueger, R. B., Briken, P., Burke, J. D., . . . Reed, G. M. (2021). An organization‐ and category‐level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5Links to an external site.. World Psychiatry, 20(1), 34–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20825
- Document: ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR Differences Download ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR Differences(PDF)