This essential companion to the DSM uniquely integrates intersectionality and resilience to helpmental health practitioners assess clients from a strength-based perspective. The third editionexpands the section on neurocognitive disorders to include traumatic brain injury, includes moreinformation on assessment and treatment of common childhood disorders, and brings a newfocus to today's culture wars and their impact on mental health professionals, policy, and clients.Also new to the third edition is an emphasis on meta-analysis literature and a module onwell-being discussing neuroscience and wellness concepts in relation to a strength-basedapproach to diagnosis.By demonstrating how to practically integrate diversity and intersectionality into the diagnosticprocess rather than limiting assessment to a purely problem-focused diagnostic label, thissuccessful textbook strengthens the DSM for social workers and other mental health practitionersby promoting the inclusion of intersectionality, resiliency, culture, spirituality, and community intopractice. It includes multiple case studies featuring complex, real-life scenarios that offer a greaterdepth of learning by demonstrating how a strength-based assessment of the whole person canlead to more effective and successful treatment. Discussion questions promote critical thinkingkey points in each chapter highlight and reinforce important concepts, and abundant webresources encourage additional study. The book also includes a robust instructor package.

Section One: Framework and Introduction to the Diversity/Resiliency Formulation