DSM-5 learning companion for counselors

Written for an audience that includes private practitioners; counselors working in mental health centers, psychiatric hospitals, employee assistance programs, and other community settings; as well as counselor educators and their students, this helpful guide breaks down the concepts and terminology in the DSM-5 and explains how this diagnostic tool translates to the clinical situations encountered most frequently by counselors. After describing the major structural, philosophical, and diagnostic changes in the DSM-5, the book is organized into four parts, which are grouped by diagnostic similarity and relevance to counselors. Each chapter outlines the key concepts of each disorder, including major diagnostic changes; essential features; special considerations; differential diagnosis; coding, recording, and specifiers; and, where applicable, new or revised criteria. Clinical vignettes help both clinicians and students visualize and understand DSM-5 disorders. Author notes throughout the text assist readers in further understanding and applying new material.

Introduction and overview -- Structural, philosophical, and major diagnostic changes. Part one. Changes and implications involving mood, anxiety, and stressor-related concerns. Depressive disorders -- Bipolar and related disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders -- Trauma-and stressor-related disorders -- Gender dysphoria in children, adolescents, and adults -- Part two. Changes and implications involving addictive, impulse-control, and specific behavior-related concerns. Substance-related and addictive disorders -- Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders -- Specific behavioral disruptions -- Part three. Changes and implications involving diagnoses commonly made by other professionals. Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders -- Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- Somatic symptom and related disorders -- Part four. Future changes and practice implications for counselors. Looking ahead: personality disorders -- Practice implications for counselors.