1.2 - Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Flashcards
Two major models of mental illness
- phenomenological (categorical) model
- explanatory model
Explanatory Perspective
- explains the beginning of mental illnesses (observed phenomena)
- employs established theoretical models
- genetics, neurophathology, neurophysiology, neuroimaging
- supports diagnosis
taxonomic
model in identifying psychiatric
diseases was introduced by
Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
- To distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis from another
- To enable clinicians to offer the most effective treatment
- To provide a common language among health care professionals
- To explore the causes of the many mental disorders that are still unknown
SUBTHRESHOLD:
a. number or duration of symptoms lacking
b. symptoms do not cause clinically significant distress or impairment
c. 1 or 2 requirements are not met
c. 1 or 2 requirements are not met
SUBSYNDROMAL:
a. number or duration of symptoms lacking
b. symptoms do not cause clinically significant distress or impairment
c. 1 or 2 requirements are not met
a. number or duration of symptoms lacking
SUBCLINICAL:
a. number or duration of symptoms lacking
b. symptoms do not cause clinically significant distress or impairment
c. 1 or 2 requirements are not met
b. symptoms do not cause clinically significant distress or impairment
Axis I
Clinical disorders
Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention
Axis II
Personality disorders
Mental retardation
Axis III
Physical disorder
General medical condition present in addition to mental disorder
Axis IV
Psychosocial problems
Environmental problems that significantly contribute to the development or exacerbation of disorder
Axis V
GAF
Overall level of functioning during a particular time
Social, occupational and psychological functioning
