Opening Lecture for master's level introduction course HURES 5213 Diagnosis & Treatment of Psychiatric & Co-occuring Disorders. Overview of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual

1. Welcome to HURES 5213
Diagnosis & Treatment of Psychiatric &
Co-Occurring Disorders

2. Your Professor
Jacquelyn Dalton, PhD, NCC, CRC
Assistant Professor
Graduate Practicum & Internship Coordinator
HM 221C
jdalton@ecok.edu

3. So, what’s this class about?
• Emphasizes application not just theory
• Learn how to recognize specific mental
disorders
• Learn how to use the “manual” to assess &
diagnosis
• Teaches diagnostic skills

4. Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM)
• Purposes of the DSM
• To provide a guideline for practice
• To facilitate research
• To improve communication among clinicians
& researchers

5. DSM
• Extensive empirical foundation
• Fluid and changing
• Revision process
o Literature reviews
o Data reanalyses
o Field trials

6. Who uses the DSM?
• Clinicians from a variety of theoretical
orientations
(Biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral,
interpersonal, family/systems)
• Clinicians from a variety of fields
(psychiatrists & other physicians, psychologists,
social workers, nurses, occupational & rehabilitation
therapists, counselors, & other health & mental health
professionals)
• Clinicians from a variety of settings
(inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization,
consultations, clinics, private practice, & primary care)

7. How the DSM was developed
• DSM I in 1952
• DSM II in 1960’s
• DSM III in 1978
• DSM III R in 1980’s
• DSM IV in 1994
• DSM IV TR in 2000
• DSM 5 in 2013

8. Empirical Process for DSM
• Literature reviews
o Find research relevant to questions regarding
each category
o Systematic and comprehensive review
• Data reanalysis
o When data was inconclusive, APA conducted field
trials & reanalysis of the data