DSM-5 Update Workshop

Development of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, released in May, 2013, has not been without controversy, even after release.  It contains some major changes in diagnostic criteria.  Even more important, the new edition includes the most significant conceptual changes in the approach to the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders since release of the third edition in 1980.  This 3-hour workshop will review some of the major conceptual changes, as well as some of the most significant changes to specific disorders.

 

Learning objectives:

Participants will know about the increased emphasis on the   dimensional element in diagnosis and classification.

Participants will know about the increased emphasis on assessment in DSM5

Participants will know about the use of diagnostic spectra and clustering in DSM5.

Participants will know about the increased emphasis on developmental perspectives in DSM5.

Participants will know about changes to some specific diagnoses and diagnostic clusters in DSM5.

 

The cost of this workshop is $30 and 3 CEUs will be provided for Professional Counselors and Social Workers only.  A light breakfast will be provided. 

 

 About the presenters: 

Susan G. McCracken, Ph.D.

Dr. Susan McCracken is a clinician and educator. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents. During her 38 years of clinical experience she has worked in hospital-based and outpatient mental health settings and in private practice settings. She has provided supervision and consultation to social service agencies and employee assistance counseling in business and industrial medical settings. She also has extensive teaching experience. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration for the past 19 years.

 

Stanley G. McCracken, Ph.D., LCSW, RDDP

Dr. Stanley McCracken is Senior Lecturer in the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration.  He has published in the areas of evidence-based practice, psychiatric rehabilitation, chemical dependence, behavioral pharmacology, behavioral medicine, aging, motivational interviewing, and staff training.  He is co-author of Interactive Staff Training and Practice Guidelines for Extended Psychiatric Residential Care and co-editor of From Task-Centered Social Work to Evidence-Based and Integrative Practice: Reflections on History and Implementation.  He has over thirty five years experience as a clinician, educator, and consultant specializing in treatment of adults with mental health, drug, and medical problems and in implementation of evidence-based practice in community settings.

 

 

About MHEP:

The Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP) is a program offered by Mental Health America of Illinois and is a series of educational presentations/trainings throughout the Chicagoland area. Presentation topics range from addictions to smoking cessation, bullying to social emotional literacy, and other current mental health topics. The goal of MHEP is to provide mental health providers with the most up-to-date information and tools to successfully treat their clients, as well as to empower consumers to live successful and productive lives.

 

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