Course Details

Course Title	Using the DSM-5 for Revolutionizing Diagnosis & Treatment
Date	2/18/2014
Provider	PESI Continuing Education Seminars
Phone	800-844-8260
Email
Website	http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=22273
Location	Redding
Credit Hours	6
Instructor(s)	Brooks Baer, MA, LCPC, CMHP
Method of Instruction	Workshop/Seminar
Approving Agency	APA
Course Syllabus

Course Description

This seminar will guide you through the dramatic changes and the implications for all practitioners.

Course Objectives

• Summarize the new DSM-5® organizational structure.• Develop a better understanding of diagnosing children and adolescents.• explore the exact nature of the proposed trauma disorders.• Describe the controversies involving the new proposed paraphilias and forensic evaluations.• examine the DSM-5®’s expanded and comprehensive approach to suicide and self-injury.• Describe what was proposed for a possible new approach to personality disorders.