PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Psychiatric Association, Emil Kraepelin, Dsm-5
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Assessment: first step in determining whether psychological issues is a serious problem; behaviour affects daily living. The most contentious issue in psychology; labeling a major issue. There have been numerous attempts to derive meaningful diagnostic systems. Dsm-5: outlines all the known psychological disorders with associated symptoms. Have to exhibit symptoms to have disorder. Derived by the american psychiatric association in conjunction with the. Very specific; both a benefit and a harm. Most of the world uses icd (international classification of diseases, in version 10) In us and canada: when diagnosed with disease, doctor must report disease to government using icd code; anonymous. Allows for effective treatment to be developed. Emil kraepelin: first person to suggest a classification system: categories clearly defined: specifically and precisely say what the symptoms are, issues, not all occurrences of disease look exactly alike. Experts decided by consensus what symptoms constituted each disorder.
