Why is it important for counselors and other behavioral health professionals to become familiar with the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)? How can use of the DSM’s cross-cutting symptom measures aid counselors in clinical diagnosing?

150 words with scholarly source(s) for each of the following questions:

1. concerning assessing depression, at times I have had clients and their families minimize their substance abuse and or drinking and used depression as the issue that needed to be treated. On the other hand, consider the stigma or labeling of being an addict versus being depressed. How would you confront those thoughts? For some it might sound better to say I am in treatment for depression as opposed to substances related disorders.

2. what are some thoughts about this article and if your comments are substantively noted, I will mark them as such.
https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/threat-disease

3. Why is it important for counselors and other behavioral health professionals to become familiar with the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)? How can use of the DSM’s cross-cutting symptom measures aid counselors in clinical diagnosing?

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