PSYD32H3 Lecture Notes - Dsm-5, Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia
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It was not until 1980 the dsm-iii came out. This was the biggest change since the beginning. For example, the importance of a scientific basis was crucial if psychology were to remain in the medical field. This is also where the concept of personality disorders were introduced: why we change the dsm: we know a lot more about disorders now then what we did before. In the 1950"s, the psychodynamic approach kind of ruled the era and highly influenced the making of dsm. The schizophrenic mother hypothesis was a major theme in the beginning: attacks that caused the revision of dsm-iv: pds were using the categorical approach. This made sense for axis 1 disorders, for example major depressive; if you have 7 criterion of the 9, then you are diagnosed with major depression. This does not work for personality, since personality is often measured on a continuum. It is not a all-or- noneit"s a dimensional approach.
