01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mental Disorder, Dsm-5, Structured Interview
6 Oct 2016
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Diagnosis and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm): Dsm has evolved: dsm i was commissioned by army in 1952 for wwii veterans. Dsm ii was not much better and unreliable. Dsm iii- dsm 5 was more behaviorally based w/ more specific symptoms. Dsm 5 has no axis system, only lists diagnosis and relevant issues. What is abnormal? dsm-5 has many core features of a disorder. A: behavior or psychological syndrome/patten that occurs in an individual. B: based on a problem in one more aspects of mental functions. includes global functioning (consciousness, orientation, intellect, temperament) and specific functioning (attention, memory, emotion, etc) C: this disorder can not be an expectable response to common stressors/losses (ex: loss of family) D: disorder can not primarily be a consequence of social deviance or conflict with society. E: disorder has diagnostic validity on the basis of various diagnostic validators (prognostic significance, psychobiological disruption) F: disorder has to be helpful in diagnostic conceptualization and treatment-related deceases.
