Psychology 2320A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Inter-Rater Reliability, Anxiety Disorder, Conduct Disorder
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Classification, taxonomy, diagnosis are used to refer to the process of description and grouping. Classification and taxonomy are the description of major categories or dimensions of behavioural disorders. Diagnosis refers to assigning a category of a classification system to a person. Assessment refers to evaluating youngsters, assist classification/diagnosis and in part to direct intervention. Employed systematically to describe phenomenon systems exist to classify psychological dysfunction systems describe categories or dimensions of problem behaviours, emotions/cognitions. Anxiety disorder) into which persons symptoms are judged to fit or not fit. Dimension implies that an attribute is continuous and can occur to various degrees: high, moderate, or low levels of anxiety. Clinical utility judged by how complete and useful it is. Most widely used classification system in us is apa"s diagnostic and. International classiciation of diseases (icd) developed by who is alternative system. Concern that dsm coverage has not given sufficient attention to younger children.
