PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dsm-5, Internal Consistency, Content Validity
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Public attitudes toward mental disorders influence how a person reacts to having a diagnosis. Negative attitudes toward those who receive a label that connects them to undesirable features. Labels may influence people"s self-esteem, job opportunities, housing, relationships, etc. Fear of stigma keeps many people from seeking treatment. 1) no disorder has been shown to be discretely categorical. Can also look at dimensions where you are doing well. 3) every person can be characterized by sets of dimensions. 4) continua allow for problem ranges, severity intervals. Healthy prevention outpatient care inpatient care. 5) can capture course of change in illness severity over time. However really hard for clinicians to use & takes a lot of training. The process of collecting and interpreting information to understand another person. Necessary for diagnosis (must collect evidence to support diagnosis) Relies on specific samples of behavior to represent all behavior. Must generalize: use samples to make inferences about the rest of their life.
