This book will appeal to classroom instructors who want to encourage more student involvement when teaching the use of the DSM and the process of establishing a mental health diagnosis. Future counselors, social workers, psychologists and marriage and family therapists will develop diagnostic skills using a creative and interesting case study format. In the absence of living, breathing people - with genuine, unfeigned emotional problems, written case studies have been a part of mental health education for a very long time. It seems that if we were to find ways to bring case studies to life, taking the process from a one dimensional procedure to a multidimensional learning adventure, much more could be accomplished in the classroom. The result can be a better skill at mental health diagnosis and charting. The great potential for using music to enliven a case study is the diverse emotional reaction it can inspire in each of us. Music, when paired with a mental health issue, can stir very subjective, individualized diagnostic results, liven up classroom discussion and arouse deeper, more meaningful personal growth. Likewise, where a particular piece of music may provide an emotionally powerful experience for one student, the same music often comes across quite differently for another. Each student will be affected in h/er interpretation of the particular song, based on h/er distinct memories, cultural experiences, social upbringing, environment, mood and personality. Each of these factors has the potential to guide the student's establishment of a mental health diagnosis. Many of the case studies in this text suggest a diverse cultural influence on the subject's development. Readers are encouraged to explore the cultural backgrounds of each of the subjects, while in the process of developing the diagnostic chart.

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