Strengthening the DSM: Incorporating Resilience and Cultural Competence (2nd edition)

Abstract

Mental health practitioners have long recognized the failure of the DSM to address important sources of strength and resiliency that can significantly affect diagnosis and treatment, a deficit that has become more pronounced with the DSM-5's elimination of the multi axial format. The second edition of Strengthening the DSM ® presents a new conceptual framework—the Diversity/Resiliency Formulation—that encompasses the whole person in order to promote effective diagnosis and treatment. It considers patient strengths, sources of resilience, support, and cultural identity that are essential to the accurate understanding of an individual, and demonstrates how mental health practitioners can draw upon these resources during treatment. The second edition also addresses significant changes resulting from implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and features a completely new chapter on trauma and stressor-related disorders. Key Features: • Reflects major changes in the D5M-5and the implementation of the ACA • Presents contrasting clinical vignettes illustrating diagnosis with and without the Diversity/Resiliency Formation • Features a new chapter on trauma and stressor-related disorders • Includes discussion questions and activities for clinicians and students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: cover)