DSM-5 Essentials: The Savvy Clinician's Guide to the Changes in Criteria

DSM-5 Essentials: The Savvy Clinician's Guide to the Changes in Criteria

Lourie W. Reichenberg

Language: English

Pages: 128

ISBN: 1118846087

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Everything you need to know about the DSM-5™ in an organized and concise presentation

Providing you with a quick and easy way to get up-to-speed on recent changes to the two main classification systems—DSM-5 Essentials highlights these changes in a logical and systematic manner so that you can easily make the transition from DSM-IV to DSM-5.

Author Lourie Reichenberg offers health care providers, instructors, clinicians in practice settings, and office staff who do coding for insurance reimbursement the information they need to do their jobs smoothly and efficiently with coverage of:

  • The twenty classifications of disorders
  • Emerging measures and models
  • The future of diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Matching clients' needs with the best evidence-based treatment
  • Major changes to the DSM-5 such as the replacement of the multiaxial system, the developmental and lifespan approach, and cultural and gender considerations

Arranged in the same sequence as the DSM-5, DSM-5 Essentials covers what has changed from the DSM-IV, what these changes mean for diagnosis, and the implication of these changes on the selection of effective, evidence-based treatment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when making a diagnosis of major depressive disorder, to which we now turn. * * * DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS The DSM-5 chapter on depressive disorders includes two new disorders: (1) premenstrual dysphoric disorder (previously in the Appendix of DSM-IV) and (2) disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), which is specific to children who present with extreme irritability and emotional dysregulation. Depression is conceptualized in a new way. Dysthymia has been combined with chronic major

and environmental changes made to ensure adequate caregiving. Therapist characteristics and intervention strategies as outlined for RAD in Selecting Effective Treatments (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2012) are also appropriate for the treatment of this disorder, which may persist through adolescence. Future research will shed light on adolescent and adult manifestations of this disorder, which have not yet been determined. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder As mentioned earlier, significant changes have

physically uncomfortable Experiencing feelings of guilt or disgust after the episode of overeating To qualify as binge-eating disorder, the episodes must occur at least once a week for 3 months and be accompanied by negative affect, guilt, shame, disgust, or other feelings of distress. Binge eating is not accompanied by the use of compensatory behaviors such as overexercise, purging, or fasting, and is not better accounted for by a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Readers

appropriate code from ICD-9-CM and followed by the ICD-10-CM code). Additional changes are discussed in further detail next. ICD CODES AND DSM SPECIFIERS SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS ICD-9-CM Code Diagnosis ICD-10-CM Code Alcohol-Related Disorders __.__ Alcohol Use Disorder (specify current level of severity) __.__ 305.00 Mild F10.10 303.90 Moderate F10.20 303.90 Severe F10.20 303.00 Alcohol Intoxication (specify current level of severity) __.__ With use disorder, mild

overview Parasomnias Parkinson's disease PDD-NOS. See Pervasive developmental disorder—not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) Pediatrics Persistent complex bereavement disorder Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) Personal history Personality disorders: alternative DSM-5 model for ICD codes/DSM specifiers overview Personality disorder—trait specified (PD-TS) Pervasive developmental disorder—not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) PFAMC. See Psychological factors affecting other medical

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