PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - American Psychiatric Association, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Acute Stress Reaction
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv-tr) There is nothing statistical about this, actually. It is the text that psych professionals use to formulate diagnosis about disorders. It has labels that cause stigma and discrimination. Provides reliability: inter-relator reliability (allows health care professionals to communication. Treatment - however, it is good for diagnosis that can lead to treatment plans. This provides a background for being able to render a diagnosis. Allows differentiation between disorders - a differential diagnosis is where they measure all possibilities and decide which one it is more likely to be. A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual. Psychological syndrome: a construct that we cannot see (e. g. anxiety) Behavioral disorder: a syndrome that is observable (e. g. head banging) A collection of syndromes might add up to a disorder. includes present distress or disability, or. A significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom.
