Lowcountry AHEC Offering
DSM-5 Overview in May
Lowcountry AHEC is offering a
training course reviewing the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) entitled, “DSM5: A First
Look” on May 8 at the Trident Community Center in the Trident Family Health
building in North Charleston. The
long-anticipated DSM-5 has been in publication for nearly two years and
reflects a significant shift in the way that clinicians will conceptualize and
diagnose their patients. In this full-day training, participants will explore
the revision rationale put forth by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and gain a greater
understanding of the field's movement toward a more dimensional
conceptualization of mental health disorders. The course will explore how the
diagnostic criteria of each disorder has been revised in light of the growing
body of neurological and psychiatric literature, as well as the impact that
culture, gender, human development and ethnicity play on assessment.
This course will be an
interdisciplinary program offered to nurses, social workers (non-social work
hours), physical therapists and occupational therapists. Participants will require a thorough
familiarity with the previsous edition of the DMS, DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision),
and current psychiatric diagnoses to best benefit from this lecture.
Matt Dugan, MA, LPC, CACII, Program Administrator of Adult
Services of the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Center,
will be the guest speaker.
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