Using the DSM® to Diagnose Family Systems

Offers useful strategies for creating rapport between the linear-focused DSM® and the circular causality approach of systems-oriented clinicians.

With a focus on clinical applications, this unique textbook for students of diagnosis, family systems, counseling, and other mental health disciplines demonstrates how to use the DSM® to aid assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and intervention from a relational perspective. With detailed descriptions, the textbook fosters greater understanding of interpersonal problems associated with onset, progression, and expression of psychiatric systems while incorporating the specific parameters of parent, child, sibling, extended family, and significant other issues in overall clinical formulation.

The textbook delves deeply into relational and cultural features, family systems assessment,family systems interventions, and ethical and legal implications when working with identified DSM® disorders. With each chapter focusing on a specific diagnosis or category of diagnoses, this book analyzes all DSM® domains, discusses the impact of diagnoses on the entire family, and introduces various assessments and interventions. Unlock your free eBook with your print purchase―accessible anytime on Springer Publishing Connect! 

What's Included:

• Enhanced relational and cultural features across chapters
• Updated case conceptualizations to address emerging trends in telehealth, COVID-19, and social injustice
• Incorporation of the latest DSM® updates, current literature, and updated research
• Includes Instructor Test Bank and Instructor Chapter PowerPoints

Key Features:

• Guides the reader in understanding how to best integrate DSM® diagnoses from a systems perspective
• Applies systemic considerations to every identified disorder category in the DSM®
• Considers ethical and legal implications for each diagnosis
• Summary, case conceptualization, and discussion questions included in each chapter focusing on a disorder category
• Includes family systems contexts, assessments, interventions, and cultural considerations

DSM® is a registered trademark of the American Psychiatric Association. This publication is not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Psychiatric Association.

Jessica A. Russo, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC, is a core faculty member of Walden University's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Ohio, a licensed school counselor, and co-owner of a small private practice.

J. Kelly Coker, PhD, LCMHC, QLS, is a professor at Palo Alto University and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC).

Jason H. King, PhD, CMHC, NCC, ACS, is the Psychotherapy Practicum Director for the Psychiatry Concentration Track in the Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) degree at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.