Choose one “pro” from the list of positive aspects of diagnosis. (Clients u

 
Choose one “pro” from the list of positive aspects of diagnosis. (Clients understanding their behavior and experiences) Explain why it is positive.
Choose one “con” from the list of negative aspects of diagnosis. ( Overdiagnosing) Explain why an awareness of this aspect of diagnosis is important to your practice.
 
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5-TR) (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
Section I, “DSM-5 Basics” (pp. 5–29)
Section III, “Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis” (pp. 859–879)
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015a). Intake interviewing and report writingLinks to an external site.. In Clinical interviewing (5th ed., pp. 243–286). Wiley.
Note: Read pages 273–281 in this chapter. You do not need to read the entire chapter.
Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2015b). The mental status examinationLinks to an external site.. In Clinical interviewing (5th ed., pp. 287–328). Wiley.
Note: Read pages 290–326 in this chapter. You do not need to read the entire chapter.
World Health Organization. (2019). International statistical classification of diseases and related health problemsLinks to an external site. (11th ed.). https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/classification-of-diseases
Coleman Health Services. (2022). Evaluation and diagnostic assessmentLinks to an external site.. https://www.colemanservices.org/services/evaluation-diagnostic-assessment/
First, M. B., Gaebel, W., Maj, M., Stein, D. J., Kogan, C. S., Saunders, J. B., Poznyak, V. B., Gureje, O., Lewis-Fernandez, R., Maercker, A., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Claudino, A., Pike, K. M., Baird, G., Skuse, D., Krueger, R. B., Briken, P., Burke, J. D., . . . Reed, G. M. (2021). An organization‐ and category‐level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5Links to an external site.. World Psychiatry, 20(1), 34–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20825
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