Classification on mental illness

Question 1

Validity

Answer 1

The diagnoses accurately matches the symptoms shown

Question 2

Reliability

Answer 2

The same symptoms consistently lead to the same diagnoses

Question 3

Categorical approach to classification

Answer 3

organises and describes mental conditions and disorders in terms of different categories and sub categories, each with symptoms and characteristics that are typical of specific mental conditions and disorders e.g anxiety disorder (category), phobia (sub category)