Article
An Essay Review of the DSM-5
School Social Work Journal
(2014)
Abstract
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) is a major revision of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual. There are five major changes with which school social workers should be familiar the elimination of the multiaxial system, the addition of dimensional specifiers, the deletion of not otherwise specified disorders, a reduction of the bereavement exclusion, and the removal of the chapter on disorders first identified in infancy, childhood, or adolescence.
Keywords
- diagnosis,
- disorders,
- DSM-5,
- psychiatry
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2014
Citation Information
James C. Raines. "An Essay Review of the DSM-5" School Social Work Journal Vol. 38 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 1 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jim-raines/1/