PSY341H1 Study Guide - Child Behavior Checklist, Psychopathology, Psy
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Would not be useful if every patient comes in with every presentation. Must be a system that allows us to give reasonable and valid evaluation to cases that we see. Dsm-iv-ir/ dsm-v: clinically derived classification system, international classification of diseases (icd-10) Maintained by world health organization: not until dsm-iii (1980) has included more categories on children. We see anxiety, adhd, numbers of categories with sub-categories multiaxial: dsm-iv (1994) Greater focus on empirical validation and field trials: dsm-iv-tr. Updated text to include information and findings about prevalence and associated features. Most test of dsm-iv are not revised: dsm-v. Multiaxial system is gone: criticisms of dsm approach. We all have mild anxiety for example, this is life. Dimensional approaches empirically based approach, clinically observation: aims to captures variation on a range of dimensions, making use of developmental context, useful for research, but, dependent on sampling. Age and sex, and informant: insensitivity to context, child behavior checklist (cbcl), best known to child psychopathology.