PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Trichotillomania, Racing Thoughts, Pyromania

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) of mental disorders. American psychiatric association: task force includes psychologists. 5 th edition published in may 2013: dsm-5: dsm-(cid:1009) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)sies . Adhd: reduced # of criteria necessary for diagnosis: some believe it is already over-diagnosed. Gad (anxiety) reduced # of criteria & symptomatic duration necessary for diagnosis. Dsm-5: merged under autism spectrum disorders (asd, asd severity classified as severe, moderate or mild. Attenuated psychosis syndrome aka (cid:862)ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hosis (cid:396)isk s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e(cid:863) intended to identify young people at risk of psychotic disorders symptoms: heard whispers in their heads, viewed objects as threatening, etc. Vulnerable populations (children & teens: drugs (anti-psychotics) most obvious treatment. Attenuated psychosis syndrome symptoms common in general population strikingly low predictive validity for conversion to full psychosis. Some north american & british clinical psychologists have been critical. Some excerpts from an open letter to the dsm-5 task force from the british psychological.