Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is the DSM 5
A professional manual to DEFINE diagnosis
When was the DSM 5 released
2013
What does the DSM 5 do
GROUP mental disorders using defined DIAGNOSTIC criteria
Why is the DSM 5 atherortical
Only SYMPTOMOLGY not the ROOT cause
What is the issue with the idea of culture-bound syndromes
Why is it culture bound and everything else is UNIVERSAL
What is kuru
A psychosis and dementia indigenous to cannibalistiv tribes in New Guinea
What is hwa-byun
Korean folk syndrome from suppression of anger
What is Taijin-kyofu-sho
Fear of effending others
What two things would make the DSM work
Reliablity and validity
What makes it reliable
Is it consicten
What makes it calidity
Does it measure what it claims to measure
Does the DSM have good validity with modd disorders
Yes
Does the DSM have good balidity with personality disorders
No
What creates good validity
Good assessment and right criteriaQ
What are the advantages to the DSM
FRAMEWORK, common VOCAB, help formulate DIAGNOSES
What are the disadvantages of the DSM
Medical MODEL, variable INTERPRETATION, there are no BOUNDRIES in most disorders, STIGMA, cultural and political INFLUENCES, SELF-FULFULLING PROPHECY (giving someone an excuse for bad behavior)
What do methods of assessment need to be
RELIABLE and VAILD
What does reliablity invovle
internal CONSISTENCY (similar questions), tempral STABLILTY (time), interrater RELIABLILITY (same for each psychologists
What are some methods of assessment
Clinical interview, projective tests and obective tests
How can clinical interviews be strctures
STRUCTED, SEMI-STRUCTURED, UNSTRUCTURES
What information does a clinical interview get
Basic data, description of PROBLEM, HISTORY
What about computerized interviews
CHEAPER, BIG groups, HONEST answers, can’t see REACTIONS
What are profective tests
Pt will project UNCONSCIOUS conflicts onto AMBIGUOUS stimulus
What are objective tests
Self-reported
What is an expample of objective tests
Personality inventories
What do personality inventories look at
Are there any EXTREMES
What are thematic apperception tests
Who is the hero, shows PEOPLE
What is the Rorschach inkblot test
Random pictures and you want the QUICKEST answer to see the UNCONSCIOUS THEMES
What is the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI)
Measures personalities, lots of questions
Why are personality inventories hard
You dont want OVERRLIANCE on a single question (lots of questions), makes it harder to FAKE responses when there are MORE questions
What is the Meyers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI)
Personality Types
Who identified the personality types
Carl Jung
What are some neuropsychological methods of assessment
Bender, Halstead-Reiten, Luria Nevraska
What is the Bend visual motor gestalt test
Used for STROK pts, copy SHAPES, recreate from MEMORY
What is the Halstead-Reiten test
CATEGORIZATION, CONCENTRATION, TACTILE, SLOW
What is the Luria NEBRASKS TEST
FAST, cover many skills with defined brain REGIONS
What is functional analysis look at
Behaviors in context, and what TRIGGERS them
How can you asses functional analysis
Behavioral diaries
What is cognitive assessment methods
Daries for negative THOUGHTS
What are the physicological methods
EEG, CAT scan, MRI, PET scan, e
What do EEGs look at
Brain electrical activity
What do CAT scans and MRIs look at
Brain structure
What do PET scans, fMRI, and BEAMS look at
Identify areas of brain activity
