Course Details

Course TitleUsing the DSM-5 for Revolutionizing Diagnosis & Treatment
Date 1/31/2014
ProviderPESI Continuing Education Seminars
Phone1-800-844-8260
Email 
Website http://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.asp?eventid=21558
LocationSan Diego
Credit Hours6
Instructor(s)ROBERT BOGENBERGER, MA, PHD
Method of InstructionWorkshop/Seminar
Approving AgencyAPA
Course Syllabus

Course Description

Attend this seminar and be prepared for DSM-5® changes that incorporate new understanding of diagnostic categories and may require rediagnosis of patients whose long standing diagnoses simply disappear, or reassign diagnoses to categories with different reimbursement implications.

Course Objectives

Recognize ethical issues posed by DSM-5® changes and how they will impact your practice.;Describe dramatic changes to gender and neurocognitive diagnoses.;Use effectively the significantly expanded trauma diagnoses.;Distinguish the more restrictive Autistic Spectrum Disorder criteria.;Incorporate risk assessment more precisely into the diagnostic process;Identify over-diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in children.