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Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills
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Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills
A Popular Culture Casebook Approach (DSM-5 Update)

Second Edition
344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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The Second Edition of Alan M. Schwitzer and Lawrence C. Rubin’s Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Skills: A Popular Culture Casebook Approach comprehensively addresses the clinical thinking skills required in professional counseling settings through the innovative use of case examples drawn from popular culture. Fully revised to include DSM-5, the text begins with discussion of diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatment planning, covering the interplay of individual clinical tools and their application in contemporary practice. Ten DSM-5 updated case illustrations follow, creating a streamlined new edition that engages students in a start-to-finish application of clinical tools.

 

 
Chapter 1: Clinical Thinking Skills: Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning
 
Chapter 2: Diagnosis: Understanding and Using the DSM-5
 
Chapter 3: Case Conceptualization: Making Sense of the Client’s Concerns
 
Chapter 4: Treatment Planning: Designing a Plan for Change
 
Chapter 5: Diagnosis, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning: Ten Case Illustrations With DSM-5 Updates
Case 5.1 Japanese Anime’s Naruto

 
Case 5.2 Vampire Anthology’s Edward Cullen

 
Case 5.3 West Side Story’s Maria

 
Case 5.4 Beauty and the Beast’s Belle

 
Case 5.5 The Color Purple’s Miss Celie

 
Case 5.6 Misery’s Annie Wilkes

 
Case 5.7 The Cleveland Show’s Cleveland Brown

 
Case 5.8 Will and Grace’s Jack McFarland

 
Case 5.9 The Revolver Album’s Eleanor Rigby

 
Case 5.10 Golden Girls’ Sophia Petrillo

 

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Student Study Site

This site includes an additional 20 cases from the first edition, now updated for DSM-5.

Excellent book, explains well all the concepts to the students and provides applicable case studies.

Dr ZORICELIS DAVILA
Center for Counseling and Family Studies, Liberty University
August 18, 2022
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Alan M. Schwitzer

Alan M. Schwitzer, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist and Professor of Counseling at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Schwitzer completed his graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and interned at the University of Texas at Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center. Prior to full-time faculty work, he was the Clinical Director of the Tulane University Counseling and Testing Center and then Assistant Professor and Training Director of the James Madison University Counseling and Student Development Center. Dr. Schwitzer is past editor of the Journal of College Counseling and has... More About Author

Lawrence C. Rubin

Lawrence C. Rubin, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S has been, throughout his career, a licensed mental health counselor and registered play therapist and a Professor of Counselor Education at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida, where he directed the Mental Health Counseling Program and was a private practice psychologist, professional counselor, and play therapist. Dr. Rubin is past president of the Florida Association for Play Therapy and chaired the Board of Directors of the Association for Play Therapy. Dr. Rubin’s research interests and publications lie at the intersection of psychology and popular culture. He has been a prolific writer and... More About Author