ao3 symptoms

Question 1

salter and roth 1969

Answer 1

• hallucinations = least important of all symptoms = not exclusive to schizophrenic people

Question 2

advantage:

Answer 2

• classification and diagnosis has benefits
• allows doctors to communicate more effectively about a patient = similar terminology
• predict the outcome of the disorder and suggest related treatment

Question 3

scheff 1966

Answer 3

• diagnosis classification labels the individual = may have harmful effects:
  self-fulfilling prophecy ( patients may begin to act how they are expected)
  lower self esteem

Question 4

ethics

Answer 4

• benefits of classification (care, treatment) outweigh the costs (misdiagnosis, mistreatment, prejudice due to labelling, loss of rights and responsibility)

Question 5

beck 1963

Answer 5

• 153 patients who multiple doctors had diagnosed found only 54% concordance rates
• low inter-rater reliability
• many people have been diagnosed incorrectly
• leading to inappropriate treatments