EPISODE · Feb 17, 2020 · 23 MIN
EP. 45 Unpacking A Diagnoses: What Is The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM) & Important Disclaimer
from Speak The Truth · host Mike & Shauna Van Dyke, Jeremy Lelek
The disclaimer is to help pastors, biblical counselors, and lay leaders to engage the culture with this material.– Understanding the DSM and its terms– Not feeling intimidated by labels– Diagnostic damnation - the label becomes the person’s identity– Everyone has a worldview, a lense, a conceptual lens in which they view everything– Secular psychology pushes, what does my theory say - so our theory informs our methodology– The DSM is the bible of Psychiatry – when we encounter these labels, we’re not counseling them, we're counseling the heart - according to scripture
What this episode covers
In this episode, the hosts, Mike, Shauna, and Jeremy start the mini-series on unpacking diagnoses regarding psychiatric labels derived from the DSM-IV(V)-TR, like bipolar disorder, major depressive episode, ADHD, and others by providing an important disclaimer for entering into conversations with highly psychologized people. They discuss the nature and scope of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders with full disclosure on the DSM lens and a biblical lens.
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