An Essay Review of the DSM-5

James C. Raines

An Essay Review of the DSM-5

Department of Health, Human Services and Public Policy

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	School Social Work Journal
Volume	38
State	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

DSM-5
diagnosis
disorders
psychiatry

Disciplines

Social Work
Psychiatry
Psychology

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