This program focuses on bipolar disorder and on OCD and related disorders. The program examines the relational problems associated with the onset, progression, and expression of psychiatric symptoms of these disorders and explores how therapists can integrate a DSM-5 diagnoses in working from a family systems perspective. The authors discuss the disorders and appropriate diagnoses, relational and cultural features, relevant and empirically validated assessments, specific tools, therapies, and counseling strategies, and ethical and legal considerations. The material includes a case study that illustrates assessment, diagnosis and systemic interventions. The content of this continuing education program is adapted from DSM-5 and Family Systems. Used by permission of Springer Publishing Company, LLC.

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Jessica A. Russo, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC, is a core faculty member of Walden University's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is a licensed professional counselor in Ohio, a school-based mental health therapist, and co-owner of a private practice, Summit Therapy Group, Inc., in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Russo has over 15 years of clinical experience with individuals, couples, and families. Her areas of practice include working with couples and families, disadvantaged youth, and families impacted by substance abuse. She has presented at local, regional, and national professional conferences, such as the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and the American Counseling Association (ACA), as well as numerous professional development workshops to mental health clinicians, school counselors, teachers, and college faculty. Among her written contributions are chapters to books including The Group Therapist's Notebook and Casebook for the DSM-5.

J. Kelly Coker, PhD, has worked as a drug prevention/intervention counselor for children and adolescents in a K-12 setting as well as for at-risk and adjudicated youth in outpatient and group home settings. Dr. Coker has also worked in private practice with children, adolescents, adults, and couples and families with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, eating issues, and self-harming behavior. She has worked as an assistant and associate professor in Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)-accredited counseling programs as well as a core faculty member and administrator in online CACREP-accredited counseling programs. Dr. Coker serves as a CACREP board member and site team reviewer. She has presented at numerous national conferences, including the American Counseling Association (ACA) and Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), and has been published in several professional journals and edited books. She is the assistant dean for the School of Counseling at Walden Universit

Jason H. King, PhD, CMHC, is a core faculty member and student development coordinator, School of Counseling Programs, Walden University. Dr. King owned and clinically directed an outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment clinic that collected data for the American Psychiatric Association's Routine Clinical Practice field trials that informed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) revision process. Because of this role he is listed on page 914 of the DSM-5 as a Collaborating Investigator. He served as a DSM-5 Revision Task Force committee member for the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) and ACA and has given over 190 national and international trainings on the DSM-5 since its publication in May 2013. Dr. King completed a podcast and webinar on the DSM-5 with the ACA and wrote 19 monthly articles on the DSM-5 in ACA's Counseling Today. He composed a journal article on the DSM-5 published in the National Board for Certified Counselors  (NBCCs) The Professional Counselor (www.tpcjournal.nbcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pages-202-215-King.pdf) and authored a 100-page online continuing education course on the DSM-5 (www.ContinuingEdCourses.Net). He is also the DSM-5 specialist for the PIMSY Electronic Health Record (EHR) practice management mental/behavioral health advisory board. Dr. King is the DSM-5 content editor for the textbook Diagnosing Children and Adolescents: Guide for Mental Health Practitioners.

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