DSM V:  In Sickness & Health, For Better or Worse?

Garry Raley

After protracted labor pains, the DSM-5 has been delivered!

This survey will cover the key shifts that are touted by some ... and maligned by others. A special emphasis will be given to Name Changes, New Categories, New Criteria, Consolidation of Categories, Expansion of Boundaries, Future Categories and Controversies. An applied exercise of vignettes will be used at the conclusion to illuminate the difference between the DSM-IV-TR vs. DSM-5. Objectives: 1. Provide a survey of the structural changes to diagnosis in the DSM-5. 2. Identify key issues impacting practicing therapists. (Example: No more NOS!) 3. Distribute reference material therapists will need to determine categories and dimensions. 4. Complete a self-assessment that will aid therapists in deciding if more extensive training is needed.

Bio:  Garry Raley, MA, LMFT, is an Associate Faculty member teaching Introduction to Psychology and Abnormal Psychology at Mt. San Jacinto Community College; and Child and Adolescent Psychology at Brandman University. He also provides clinical supervision for Family Services Assoc. of Riverside County, clinical supervision for the Sex Offender Treatment Program of New Day Institute in Fontana, and provides services at a reduced rate for current or former military individuals and families in Riverside.

For a great critique of the DSM-5 by the lead author of the DSM-IV, see:  

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dsm5-in-distress/201212/dsm-5-is-guide-not-bible-ignore-its-ten-worst-changes