Article archive / July 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 11. Source pages: 8.
Dr. Gary Gintner, Associate Professor and Program Leader of the Counseling Program at Louisiana State University, presented at the Ohio Psychological Association, June 28, in Columbus Ohio. The workshop, “DSM-5: A User’s Guide Workshop,” was hosted by The National Psychologist and the Ohio Psychological Association.
Dr. Gintner is currently the DSM-5 Task Force Chair for the American Mental Health Counselors Association and a nationally recognized trainer on the DSM. As Chair, he has provided responses for the DSM-5 development for the American Psychiatric Association.
Gintner has published on differential diagnosis, mood disorders, substance abuse, and best practices for treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorders.
“The DSM-5 is really a major change,” Gintner explained to the Times. “It’s probably in the range of change of DSM-3. There is a major paradigm shift going on.”
“They are trying to include the latest evidence on how disorders present and how they unfold,” he said. “You’ll see a different organization than people are used to. One example is that the anxiety disorders of DSM-IV have been separated into three chapters: anxiety disorders, such as panic, phobias; obsessive-compulsive and related disorders––OCD, hoarding; and trauma and stressor related disorders– –PTSD and adjustment disorder.”
“They infused a more developmental perspective,” he said. “The idea is that when clinicians go into the manual they will get a better idea of how disorders present across the lifespan.”
Dr. Gintner has conducted workshops on the DSM since the early 1990s. He has provided training for the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counseling Association, and many state associations, including Marriage and Family Therapy state associations.
The National Psychologist, a national newspaper for the mental health community, contacted Gintner and asked if he could provide a workshop for the Ohio association.
Dr. Gary Gintner (Courtesy photo)
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