Describe the three sections of the DSM-5. In addition to your description, provide examples from each of the sections.
Summarize how Section 1 of the DSM-5 states that the manual should be used. Illustrate your points with examples.
Choose one disorder listed in Section 2 and list its diagnostic criteria. Use examples to help illustrate how the criteria fit with the overall diagnosis.
Be careful to list a disorder and not a category of disorders—for example, “Bipolar I” is a disorder, while “Bipolar and Related Disorders” is the category of disorders that the specific disorder of Bipolar I belongs to. This is an important distinction, and your goal is to present the specific disorder.
Section 3 of the DSM-5 contains five subsections, each of which has a forward-looking perspective.
Briefly discuss a subsection of your choice: what does it focus on, and what do you find interesting about it? Explain some of the ethics of using the DSM-5. What ethical principles, standards, or codes must professionals consider so that the DSM-5 is properly used and not misused? Cite a professional or scholarly source to support your thinking about ethics of using the DSM-5.
THE DSM-5 must be cited!
