PsychEd Episode 47: Understanding the DSM-V-TR with Dr. Michael First

<p class="">Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. In this episode, we present a focused summary of the latest changes in <em>The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)</em> with our guest expert — Dr. Michael First, a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, NY. Dr. First is an internationally recognized expert on psychiatric diagnosis and assessment issues, he is the editor and co-chair of the DSM-5 text revision project (DSM-5-TR), the editorial and coding Consultant for the DSM-5, the chief technical and editorial consultant on the World Health Organization ICD-11 revision project and was an external consultant to the NIMH Research Domain Criteria project (RDOC).</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:</p> <ol data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class="">Understand the rationale for undertaking a DSM-5-TR as well as the revision process itself</p> </li> <li> <p class=""> To become familiar with disorder, text and symptom code additions and modifications to the DSM-5-TR</p> </li> <li> <p class=""> To understand the purpose and function of the DSM in its current form and be able to contemplate future directions</p> </li> </ol> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class=""><strong>Guest Expert:</strong> Dr. Michael First – staff psychiatrist and professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, USA.</p> <p class=""><strong>Produced and hosted by:</strong> Dr. Alex Raben (staff psychiatrist) and Saja Jaberi (international medical graduate)</p> <p class=""><strong>Audio editing by</strong>: Dr. Alex Raben</p> <p class=""><strong>Show notes by</strong>: Saja Jaberi</p> <p class="">Interview Content:</p> <p class="">2:53 - Learning objectives</p> <p class="">3:34 - Brief description of the DSM and its history</p> <p class="">4:54 – ICD vs. DSM </p> <p class="">7:43 - Rationale behind the new revision