Understanding DSM
(The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association)
A 5-Part Video Podcast for Teachers & Parents
(& other non-mental health professionals)
By Dr. Mac
& The Far Future of DSM
Dr. Mac's often humorous and always informative 45 minute video podcast presentation provides an overview of the text that is used by certified mental health professionals to diagnose mental health conditions. If you know a child or youth diagnosed with ADHD, Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, BiPolar Disorder, Learning Disability, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, or other DSM condition, find out how this diagnosis came to be, what comprises it, and how to intervene.
Click to view excerpts from the DSM video series found below (Dr. Mac narrates the 5 part video below, but does not appear in it as he does in this 10 minute promotional clip)
The Content of the Video Series (Links to video segments are found below this index)
Part 1 (8:04): Introduction & Overview
"Do Now" activity to prepare for the video
Greeting from Dr. Mac
Discussion of historical treatments for mental illness
Why do we us the DSM? Purposes & Benefits
Labels: Benefits & Drawbacks
ICD-Chapter 5: The other manual used in many parts of the world
Alignment between DSM and ICD
Part 2 (8:49): Arriving at a Diagnosis & Educator Involvement
Theoretical models
The 5 axes on which individuals are rated (This part refers to DSM-IVtr. DSM-5 is found farther below)
- I Clinical Disorders
- II Personality Disorders
- III Acute Medical Conditions & Physical Disorders
- IV 9 Categories of PsychoSocial & Environmental Factors that contribute to the disorder
- V Global Assessment of Functioning & Children's Global Assessment of Functioning
Professionals who are credentialed to make diagnoses based on the DSM
(Lack of) Educator role &involvement in the diagnostic process
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Part 3 (9:41): Changes, Past, Present, & Future (This part was developed when DSM-4tr was in effect)
How the present version of DSM came to be
Past diagnoses & treatments now gone
The organizational system of the manual
Proposed changes to the organizational system
The Chinese variation of DSM
Misuse of the manual & fraudulent claims
The influence of Freud
ADHD in children & adults
Part 4 (9:14): Toward DSM 5 & Beyond
Changes in diagnoses (This part was developed while DSM-IVtr was in effect)
- Conditions proposed for DSM 5 that are not currently listed
- Diagnoses proposed for reclassification to another category
- Childhood disorders proposed to be removed from DSM
- Childhood disorders to be divided into new diagnoses
- Childhood disorders presumed to be subsumed under other categories
The future of Aspergers disorder
Gender Identity Disorder name change
Bi-Polar disorder in children & adults
The far future of DSM
Part 5 (6:13): Addendum
-A point by point identification of how the Chinese Manual differs from the standard DSM
-An overview of "Multiple Personality Disorder" & changes to its label & diagnostic criteria.
-Summation
Part 6: DSM 5: How it has changed from the previous edition (DSM-IVtr)
Coming soon.
Contact Dr. Mac at: DoctorMac@BehaviorAdvisor.com
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