Course Details

Course Title	Using the DSM-5 for Revolutionizing Diagnosis & Treatment
Date	2/19/2014
Provider	PESI Continuing Education Seminars
Phone	800-844-8260
Email
Website	http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=22273
Location	Eureka
Credit Hours	6
Instructor(s)	Brooks Baer, MA, LCPC, CMHP
Method of Instruction	Workshop/Seminar
Approving Agency	APA
Course Syllabus	DSM-5 Feb 2014 brochure.pdf

Course Description

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

Course Objectives

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