PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bipolar Disorder, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association
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Diagnosing, putting a label on somebody with psychological or psychopathological disorder/problem is the most contentious issue in psychology. Once you are diagnosed with something, it will stick with you: person with schizophrenia is labelled as schizophrenic. The label tends to stick with them, even when they are not exhibiting symptoms (like depression, anxiety, personality disorder) Not everyone uses dsm; icd (international classification of disorders: currently in version 10. All diseases/disorders has to be reported in icd 10 in canada and. There are different theoretical orientations about how to treat. What makes for a good diagnostic/classification system: categories are clearly defined (precisely say exactly what the symptoms are has to look like this) First person to suggest a classification system was disorder can also be symptoms for another disorder too (i. e. depression and manic depressive disorder) Dsm does a good job of this: categories actually do exist. Features must be observed to occur together regularly.
