PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sleepwalking, Cumbersome, Factitious Disorder
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Diagnosis can seem tedious because it sometimes relies on fine distinctions. Ex: anxiety in social situations (being tense around others) is a symptom of both schizotypal and avoidant personality disorders. A person with schizotypal personality disorder, the anxiety doesn"t decrease as the individual becomes more familiar with people, whereas a person with avoidant personality disorder, exposure does tend to reduce social anxiety. In 1939, the world health organization (who) added mental disorders to the international list of. In 1948, the list was expanded to become the international statistical classification of disease, injuries, and causes of death. The dsm was developed originally by physicians who applied a medical model to the diagnosis of presumed psychiatric illnesses and assumed that categorical diagnoses correspond to actual underlying disease entities with specific symptoms, treatments, and prognoses. Current diagnostic system of the american psychiatric association (dsm-iv & dsm-iv-tr)
