DSM-IV vs. DSM-V?

This lesson will show students the ways in which constructs of mental health and behavioral disorders have changed over time. I will continue our discussion of abnormal behavior from lesson 5 and begin discussing the DSM-IV and its role in disorders. I will then provide a brief lecture on major behavioral disorders: their symptoms, factors that influence the disorder, challenges with diagnosis, and typical treatments as provided in the DSM-IV. Students will be provided an organizational tool to write down this information.Since the DSM-V is in production, I will show comparisons as to what will be changing in the diagnostics of the DSM-V. The students will work in groups to determine if they think the new measures will benefit the patients or not. As a final project, students will work in groups to research how psychology have evolved over time. They can choose their own topics, but will have to do a time line of whatever mental illness they choose. They will have to provide how society viewed them as well as treatment options. This would be their assessment.