1. Knowing the DSM and Behavioral Health Diagnoses: How does this thing work?
Abnormal Psychology 101

2. We know we have a medical illness when we experience:
Body
Illness
Symptoms

4. Scientific Evidence-Based Tools Confirm Illness in the Medical Model:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Tumor

5. How do we know we are sick in Behavioral Health?

6. Behaviors

7. FMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

8. We used to only see behaviors, so the DSM was born to track and chart groups of behaviors.

9. And they’re just as real!
Now we can see both behaviors and the organic condition of the brain to confirm a mental health illness…
And they’re just as real!
Behavioral Health illnesses are biophysically no different from medical illnesses.

10. Now with FMRI’s we can ‘see’ the illness not only
only in a person’s behavior but also as an organic
physical brain formation and function.

11. Psychiatric (Behavioral Health) Model
Medical Model
Malignant Tumor
Psychiatric (Behavioral Health) Model
Normal
Depression
Bipolar
Schizophrenia
OCD

12. Autism
Normal

13. Major Depressive Disorder
Without Depression

14. Non PTSD Group
PTSD Group

15. Hyperactive Frontal Lobe

16. So what’s a Diagnosis? DSM-IV-TR
When patterns of behavior cause clinical impairment in self-psyche, social relationships, physical problems and other behavioral functioning problems.

17. DSM: 5 Axes Incorporating a biopsychosocial Model
The Mind (Psycho)
Interpersonal (Social)
The Body (Biology

18. Multi-axial System Axis I: Primary area of clinical concern (Psycho)
Axis: II Personality Disorders (Psycho & Social)
Axis: III Medical Problems (Bio)
Axis IV: Psychosocial & Environmental (Psychosocial)
Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning-GAF (Biopsychosocial)

19. Person’s History & Current Presentation
How Do We Use the DSM to Diagnose?
Person’s History & Current Presentation
Bio
Psycho
Social

20. This Entails: A comprehensive interview gathering a person’s: Medical
Psychiatric
Social
Family
Developmental
Environmental
Legal
Substance Abuse Histories

21. How to Code Example #2: Axis I: F84.0 Autism Spectrum Disorder
Axis II:
None
Axis III:
E-11 Diabetes Type 2
Axis IV:
Family Relational Problems
Educational Problems
Socioeconomic Problems
Axis V: 32

22. Where do you come in?
Behavioral interventions are proven to target and activate or suppress areas of the brain that are over or underactive.
This ‘re-wiring’ of the brain is a proven biological event.

23. Behavioral and educational interventions
are critical for the treatment for mental health
illnesses!!