Strengthening the DSM, Third Edition

Betty Garcia, PhD, LCSW, is a professor Emerita at California State University, Fresno, Department of Social Work Education and is a licensed clinical social worker. She has chaired the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Track on Cultural Competence, and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (NCORED). She has d sat on the NASW and CSWE boards of directors. She is the coauthor of texts on teaching diversity and has authored several publications on culturally congruent practice, social justice, oppression, substance use, practice with Latinx, and immigration. Dr. Garcia has practiced in various community-based mental health and forensic mental health settings; she teaches courses public mental health, group work, practice with couples and families, and interprofessional collaboration. Randy Nedegaard, PhD, LCSW, LP, is an associate professor at California State University, Fresno, Department of Social Work Education and is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed psychologist. He has authored several publications on military cultural competence and overcoming stigma with military clients, intimate partner violence and it's intersections with faith traditions, teaching in diverse tribal communities, and decision-making in intimate partner violence. Dr. Nedegaard has practiced in major military medical centers, outpatient mental health clinics, correctional settings, private practice, deployed settings, and as a behavioral health consultant to a major command surgeon general within the department of defense; he teaches courses in group work, practice with individuals, practice with couples and families, and interprofessional healthcare. John-Paul "JP" Legerski, PhD, LP, is an associate professor at University of North Dakota (UND), Department of Psychology, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in child psychology, theories of psychology, therapeutic interventions, and development across the lifespan. His primary research interests focus on the interplay between emotional development, memory, and psychopathology. He is a practicing licensed child psychologist and is the clinical director at the Northern Plains Community Clinic, an interdisciplinary clinic that services individuals and families living in rural North Dakota.

Section One: Framework and Introduction to the Diversity/Resiliency Formulation
1. A Conceptual Framework for the Intersectionality/Resiliency Formulation
2. Adding Intersectionality and Resiliency to the Diagnostic Process: A Formulation
Section Two: Diagnostic Categories
3. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
4. Anxiety Disorders
5. Traumatic and Stressor-Related Disorders
6. Common Disorders of Childhood
7. Neurocognitive Disorders: Alzheimer's Disease and Traumatic Brain Disorder
8. Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders
9. Co-occurring Disorders
Section Three: Thinking Forward: Challenges in Strengthening DSM Practices
10. Emerging Perspectives for Effective Mental Health Practice in a Cultural Wars Context
11. Future Directions