29. Screening + Exploring Causes of Distress

Question 1

What are the 2 most prevalent psychotic dx systems

Answer 1

DSM
ICD
–both provide forms of psychiatric disorder dianoses

Question 2

General ICD facts

Answer 2

Clinical and research standard for the world (used by WHO members)

-in abnormal psychology, the section of the ICD dedicated to the classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopment disorders is used

Question 3

Who is the DSM made by

Answer 3

written by APA

-American product (psychiatrists not psychologists)

Question 4

differences in making dx in DSM and ICD

Answer 4

DSM- using diagnostic crietria, more strict and precise than dx guidlines, algorithm model

ICD- Uses dx guiltiness

Question 5

Good and bad reliability dx for DSM

Answer 5

Good- PTSD, ASD, Schitz, Bipolar

Bad- Depressive, GAD

Question 6

what is interrupter reliability

Answer 6

% of time different assessors arrive at the same dx

Question 7

What is dx validity

Answer 7

Whether a dx is factually measuring what it claims to be

Question 8

What is descriptive, face, predictive, construct, concurrent validity

Answer 8

descriptive- Whether a dx is factually describing what is being observed

Face- Whether a dx appears accurate at face value

Predictive- Whether a dx allows for prediction of outcomes

Construct- Whether a dx correlates w other measures

concurrent- the degree to which a test corresponds to an external criterion that is known concurrently

Question 9

cons of diagnostic manuala

Answer 9

• reliability and validity probs
• Medicalizton of everyday probs
• increased pharmacological interventions
• unable to explain etiology

Question 10

What is formulation dx

Answer 10

A hypothesis about a persons difficulty, which draws from psychological theory

• uses psychological and sociocultural theories, rather than medical model disorder categories
• Doesnt require a dx*

Question 11

What is the criteria that all formulations must meet (5)

Answer 11

• Summarize the clients central prob
• Draw on the psychological theory to understand how clients issues are interrealted
• Use psychological theory to explain why the client has develop these issues
• develop plan for alleviating the difficulties
• must be revised and updated as needed

Question 12

What are the 4 steps to integrative evidence based case formulation

Answer 12

1. create a problem list (identify the problems related to self functioning, social/interpersonal functioning, societal functioning, red flag)
2. Dx
3. Develop an explanatory hypothesis
4. Plan tx