PSYCH-230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psych, Dsm-5, Cultural Identity
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Continuity between normal and abnormal behaviour not taken into consideration. Advantages of categorical vs. dimensional classification if need to know if person either has does not have disorder if need to know whether to start or not start certain treatment. Most helpful when the disorder has levels (from mild to severe) tends to have less comorbidity since measures are on a continuum, not all or none. The major advantage of the dsm may be its designation of specific diagnostic criteria. The dsm permits the clinician to readily match a client"s complaints and associated features with specific standards to see which diagnosis best fits the case. For example, auditory hallucinations ( hearing voices ) and delusions (fixed, but false, beliefs, such as thinking that other people are devils) are characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. Prevention of a thorough evaluation or comprehensive treatment plan. Critics complain that the dsm system might stigmatize people by labeling them with psychiatric diagnoses.
