PSYC 4430 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder
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Another perspective: the elements of abnormality are, suffering, maladaptiveness, irrationality and incomprehensibility, unpredictability and loss of control, vividness and unconventionality, observer discomfort, violation of moral and ideal standards. Cli(cid:374)i(cid:272)al (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)ality(cid:863: dsm-5, current system of classification (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) psy(cid:272)hology, limitations of the dsm, culturally and contextually bound, describes behavior not etiology, things that are observable, measurable, reportable, etiology (causes, biological, psychological, social. What is etiology : definition = the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition, examples in medicine, neisseria meningitis, rubeola virus, rhinovirous, sometimes causes are known in mental health, eg. Major neurocognitive disorder, vascular type: patients will display some symptoms from many syndromes. Differential diagnosis: a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of a diagnosis where multiple alternatives are possible. Involves listing diagnostic conclusion, then justifying it with evidence: may also include listing the diagnoses that are ruled out & why they were ruled out.
