Chapter 8 Diagnostics

Question 1

What is the DSM?

Answer 1

The diagnostics and statistical manual.

it defines mental disorders and provides criteria used in diagnostics.

Question 2

in short, How has the DSM evolved?

Answer 2

it has been through many iterations.

beginning with botany analogies giving eugenics vibes and growing into a functional tool without the clear validity problems of the past where clinics could not agree on what diagnosis to use.

Question 3

What is the ICD and why was it created?

Answer 3

the international Classification of Diseases

created in the mid 2000 using an alphanumeric coding system to classify disease with the goal to ensure uniform nomenclature in all countries

Question 4

Explain John Bowlby´s theory of attachment and working model

Answer 4

Young children create and attachment to their caregivers (usually parents) early in life and model their understanding of the world on their interactions with the parents.

This Understanding is known as an “internal working model” that will bias future relationships.

Question 5

What is the concept of equifinality in regards to psychopathology?

Answer 5

That different means, traumas, events can all cause the same illness / symptoms / disorders for different people.

Question 6

What is the concept of Multifinality in regards to psychopathology?

Answer 6

The same mean/ event / trauma can cause different illnesses/ symptoms / disorders in different people.