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Dimensional and Cross‐Cutting Assessment in the DSM‐5
Author(s) -
Jones K. Dayle
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00059.x
Subject(s) - categorical variable , medical diagnosis , affect (linguistics) , dsm 5 , psychology , association (psychology) , psychiatric diagnosis , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , computer science , machine learning , psychotherapist , cognition , communication , pathology
A significant proposed change to the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM‐5 ) that will significantly affect the way counselors diagnose mental disorders is the addition of dimensional assessments to the categorical diagnoses. The author reviews the current DSM 's (4th ed., text rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) categorical classification system, describes the proposed dimensional and cross‐cutting assessments, and provides implications about clinical utility and user acceptability of a dimensional diagnostic approach.