Course Details

Course TitleUsing the DSM-5 for Revolutionizing Diagnosis & Treatment
Date 12/5/2013
ProviderCMI Education Institute, Inc.
Phone1-800-844-8260
Email 
Website http://shop.pesi.com/product/4411
LocationVarious
Credit Hours6
Instructor(s)Jack Klott, MSSA, LISW, CSW,
Method of InstructionVirtual (Synchronous/Live)
Approving AgencyAPA
Course Syllabus

Course Description

During this seminar you will gain an understanding of concepts that motivated the changes that are in the DSM-5®. National speaker, author, and DSM® expert, Jack Klott, will discuss the impact these changes will have on certain diagnoses and, most important, on the way you diagnose.

Course Objectives

Controversial & enhanced ways of understanding and treat human behaviors New classification system New coding system Newly developed diagnostic criteria for many diagnosis Changing diagnostics for children and adolescents The moral and ethical dilemma of the Somatic Symptom Disorders Examine the diagnostics that were eliminated and the ones that were added