PSYC 2030U Lecture 4: Lecture four, Classification and diagnosis, Abnormal psychology, July 11th 2016
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Lecture four, classification and diagnosis, abnormal psychology, july 11th 2016. Highlt influenced on the clinical assessment and interpreatation. Diagnostic & statistical manual (dsm) of the american psychiatric association (diseases and classification of diseases) Dsm-iv (1994) dr. allen frances chaired the working group task force (took 6 years to revise third to fourth) Dsm-5 (2013) introduces changes including elimination of multi-axial system began in 1999 and published in 2013 (axels disappeared between 4 to 5) Reduce the number of not otherwise specified (nos) classifications because too generic. Overview of dsm-5 changes: new disorders (eg. binge eating disorder, new criteria for some existing disorders, combing some disorders into a single bigger category, new conceptualization for current disorders (eg. Ocd is no longer considered an anxiety disorder: new names for some existing disorders, new dimensional ratings within some disorders, suicidal risk now highlighted, reorganization of age-related considerations. It describes the diagnostic features or, in medical terms, symptoms of abnormal behaviours.
