January 22, 2007 - This is the first part of a two-part lecture on diagnosis and assessment. The Bio-psychosocial-spiritual (BPSS) assessment and the DSM diagnosis are the two most common types of assessments made by social workers. In this lecture, I briefly review the history of DSM diagnosis, from the creation of the first ICD in 1900 to the most recent text revision of the DSM-IV in 2000. I discuss the multiaxial system and provide examples.

I transition from DSM diagnosis to the BPSS assessment by discussing the similarities and differences between the two assessments.

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References

Andrews, A. B. (2007). Social history assessment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Corey, G. (2005). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (7th ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson.

Jordan, C., & Franklin, C. (1994). Clinical assessment for social workers: Quantitative and qualitative methods. Chicago: Lyceum.

Lukas, S. (1993). Where to start and what to ask: An assessment handbook. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Spitzer, R. L., Gibbon, M., Skodol, A. E., Williams, J. B. W., & First, M. B. (1994). DSM-IV casebook: A learning companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Washington, D. C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

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