Course
DSM Training for Psychologists
(September 1 & 29)
€ 235,95
In stock
This English-language training course consists of two half-days and a homework assignment and offers an introduction to the use and meaning of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in combination with the preparation of a descriptive diagnosis within the mental health care sector.
The DSM is an international classification system based on scientific research that supports professionals in using a shared language to describe mental disorders.
In the Netherlands, only BIG-registered professionals are allowed to make official diagnoses. Nevertheless, knowledge of the DSM and descriptive diagnosis is essential for anyone working in mental health care. It helps with:
- recognising symptoms,
- communicating with colleagues,
- linking symptoms to possible causes,
- supporting diagnostic processes.
PsyGlobal therefore offers an accessible and practical introductory training course that focuses on these core skills.
Participants in the training course must have access to the Desk reference to the diagnostic criteria from DSM-5-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2022).
Costs: 195,00 ex BTW (235,95 incl BTW) Location: Utrecht, two afternoons (13.30 – 16.30).
Date: September 1 and September 29
Subscription is also open for the following other dates:
About the trainer
Ton van Heugten has worked in clinical practice for over 40 years and is now a non-practicing clinical psychologist-psychotherapist.
He considers himself a kind of “bilingual” professional: a psychologist who is equally familiar with many aspects of the psychiatrist’s role and responsibilities. With this background, he began in the mid-1980s to offer training in psychopathology and also in cognitive behavioral therapy.
In addition to his clinical work, he has been involved in healthcare innovation since the early 1990s, introducing case management within his institution in a way that closely resembled what would later become known as FACT (Flexible Assertive Community Treatment) and psychiatric rehabilitation. After 2000, this gradually evolved into implementing recovery-oriented care as a further development of psychiatric rehabilitation.
In the last ten-plus years of his career he also conducted many group learning therapy sessions for psychologists and offered extensive training to psychologists on psychopathology, particularly focused on descriptive diagnosis and DSM classification.