PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gender Identity, Anorexia Nervosa, Anxiety Disorder
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Chapter 3-classification and diagnosis: a disorder must be classified before it"s causes or treatments can be found, the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders was created by the apa and is now in it"s fourth edition. Impressed by the success of diagnostic procedures in the field of medicine investigators of abnormal behaviour sought their own classification schemes. Early efforts in classification: the diversity of classifications was recognized as a serious problem. Development of the who and dsm systems: the world health organization added mental disorders to the international. The diagnostic system of the american psychiatric association (dsm-iv and dsm- Five dimensions of classification: the major change in the dsm is the use of a multiaxial classification, whereby each individual is rated on five separate dimensions/axes, the five axes are, axis i . All diagnostic categories except personality disorders and mental retardation: axis i i . Personality disorders and mental retardation: axis i i i .
