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Frances, Allen; Jones, K. Dayle – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Up until now, social workers have depended on the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" ("DSM") as the primary diagnostic classification for mental disorders. However, the "DSM-5" revision includes scientifically unfounded, inadequately tested, and potentially dangerous diagnoses that may lead them…
Descriptors: Guides, Mental Disorders, Classification, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Jones, K. Dayle – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
A significant proposed change to the 5th edition of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" ("DSM-5") that will significantly affect the way counselors diagnose mental disorders is the addition of dimensional assessments to the categorical diagnoses. The author reviews the current "DSM"'s (4th ed., text rev.; American…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation
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Fox, Jesse; Jones, K. Dayle – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2013
The mood disorder work group has proposed to eliminate the bereavement exclusion criterion from the diagnosis of major depression in the 5th edition of the American Psychiatric Association's (2012) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." The proposal would break tradition with the long-held distinction between…
Descriptors: Grief, Depression (Psychology), Criteria, Clinical Diagnosis