Question

Renee is a social worker in an urban community mental-health center. she has just seen a crisis client who expressed suicidal ideation. after doing a thorough assessment to determine that he needed inpatient care, she sent him to the hospital and must now write her notes about the session. although she knows that he is suffering with a severe depression, she still has to look up the exact diagnostic code in the:_______.

a) dsm-5.
b) icd-10.
c) mmpi-2.
d) wais-iii.

Answer 1

Answer: a. dsm-5

Explanation: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) is used In the United States as the principal authority for psychiatric diagnoses, treatment recommendations and payment by health care providers by the DSM classification.

This fifth edition, that came out in 2013 and is still being used till now has significant practical importance, and it was published by American Psychiatric Association (APA)

This is where Rennie had to check to get the exact code of her mental ailment.