Assignment: Diagnosis: The Burden of Stigma in Help SeekingThe threat of public stigma, as well as self-stigma, can prevent individuals from receiving the mental health treatment they need. In this Assignment, you analyze the influence of stigma on experiences with and treatment of mental illness.To prepare: Watch the TED Talk by Sangu Delle and then review the readings for this week. Focus on Delle’s examples illustrating Corrigan’s model about the stages of stigma and the hierarchy of disclosure. Consider Delle’s experience against that model.Week 2 6090 Impact of the DSM-5: Organization, Development, Strengths, and Limitations You must use the Readings here • American Psychiatric Association. (2013i). Introduction. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author. doi:10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.Introduction Friedman, M. J. (2016). Seeking the best bereavement-related diagnostic criteria. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(9), 864–865. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16050580 Neukrug, E. S., & Fawcett, R. C. (2015). Diagnosis in the assessment process. In E. S. Neukrug & R. C. Fawcett, Essentials of testing and assessment: A practical guide for counselors, social workers, and psychologists (3rd ed., pp. 43– 58). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning. Essentials of Testing and Assessment: A Practical Guide for Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists by Neukrug, E.; Fawcett, R. Copyright 2014 by South-Western College Publishing, A Division of Cengage Learning. Reprinted by permission of South-Western College Publishing, A Division of Cengage Learning via the Copyright Clearance Center. Paris, J. (2015). The intelligent clinician’s guide to the DSM-5 (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohos t.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edspub&AN=edp4333170&si te=eds-live&scope=site o Chapter 6, “Dimensionality” (pp 84–101) Wakefield, J. C. (2013a). DSM-5 grief scorecard: Assessment and outcomes of proposals to pathologize grief [Letter to the editor]. World Psychiatry, 12(2), 171–173. doi:10.1002/wps.20053 Media Laureate Education (Producer). (2018c). Psychopathology and diagnosis for social work practice podcast: The DSM-5 from a social work perspective [Audio podcast]. Baltimore, MD: Author. University at Buffalo School of Social Work (Producer). (2014). Episode 139—Dr. Robert Keefe and Dr. Barbara Rittner: The Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: A conversation [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=139 • Singer, J. B. (Producer). (2016, January 25). Critiques of the DSM-5: Interview with Jeffery Lacasse, Ph.D. [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.socialworkpodcast.com/2016/01/DSM5critique.htm Assignment Video Role-Play: Strengths and Weaknesses of the DSM-5 I will do the video Submit a 3- to 5-minute video, considering the parents as your audience, in which you do the following: • Briefly describe what the DSM-5 is and how it is organized. In your description, define the concepts of spectrum and dimensionality as explained by Paris and in the DSM-5 introduction. · Explain why social workers and mental health professionals use diagnoses and what receiving a diagnosis means (and does not mean). · Explain general concerns about the risks of overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis versus not diagnosing. Also explain how diagnosis is connected to services. · Explain other details that might help your audience understand the strengths and weaknesses of the diagnostic system. · Provide a response to the following parental questions: o My teenager’s best friend died by suicide this year. It’s been months, and she doesn’t seem over it. Her teachers tell me she should get help for depression, but I think it’s just grief. She talks about her friend all the time and gets very upset. I am worried about her. Is it normal for her to still be feeling this way? I don’t want to put her on medication for normal feelings. What is the difference between grief and depression? Include a transcript and/or edit closed captioning on your video to ensure your presentation is accessible to viewers of differing abilities.
