PSYB32H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 Notes
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It is used as a method of communication to convey messages of disorders. The introduction of dsm3, did not show any sort of credibility; thus all the versions before were no more than just diagnostic categories. Thus it outlined how many certain symptoms were required, and what hallmarks symptoms the person may have required to deal with. This gave the factor of improvement in the reliability of diagnosis in terms of interrator reliability. Basically a patient in front of 3 different collisions before dsm3, and we would have. The interrator reliability is how reliable the diagnostic decision making is, how much agreement the patient is in. If one says they have a major depressive disorder, it comes with a host or constellations which compile to make up the disorder. The substance abuse may have to be in a certain degree to cause an impact.
