OVERVIEW

A Clinician's Guide to DSM-5, 2nd Edition is organized by Western Schools and will be held from Oct 11, 2018 - Oct 11, 2021. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 3 (clinical) continuing education clock hours upon successful course completion.

Description:
This intermediate-level course provides clinicians with the most essential information about the manual in a single, easy-to-use source. The course describes the history of the DSM and the development process used in creating the diagnostic system's new structure. Newly added and classified disorders, removed or reclassified disorders, and any modified diagnostic criteria for those disorders retained in DSM-5 are detailed. The course addresses the controversies and criticisms that arose with the publication of DSM-5. Clinical vignettes highlight diagnosis criteria and quick reference lists and charts included in the course are an indispensable resource for those clinicians ready to use DSM-5.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.