clinical Flashcards
DSM reliability (4 strengths)
- Regier- 3 disorderes including PTSD had a Kappa score of 0.6-0.79 in the DSM field trials
- Rosenhan- 7 participants diagnosed with schitzophrenia
- DSM field trials- 0.46, Sartorious- ‘excellent’ Kappa score of 0.86 for sz
- Sysko- test/retest reliability of AN diagnoses. Participants were assesed by phone interviews and re-assessed with a different assessor. Agreement levels were “excellent”
DSM reliability (weakness)
- cooper- Levels of agreement have decreased. The DSM-5 task force classified levels as low as 0.2-0.4 as acceptable. MDD had a score of 0.28
- Thomas- Researchers defined cut of points for significantly low weight because none was specified in the DSM-5. Reliability estimated in research studies are higher than in real life
DSM validity (strength)
- Kim-Cohen- aeteological validity (low income). Interviewed children with CD and used questionairs filled by teachers
- Kim-Cohen- predicive validity- 5 year olds with CD were more likely to display behavioural difficulties at the age of 7
- Symptoms of AN (loss of periods and sexual drive) were dropped from DSM-IV to DSM-5 as it excluded adults and prepubescent children
DSM validity (weakness)
Label- DSM tells us nothing about the causes. The arguments are circular
Ethnocentric- It was made for american soldiers in ww2, orientated around western culture. This may lead to a misdiagnosis in other countries
Smith- looked at the validity of the 4 severity specifers. In AN patients a higher BMI was linked to a greater eating disorder psychopathy- opposite to expected. DSM specifers fail to accurately distinguish between people
Aetiological validity
same casual factors for a diagnosis
Predictive validity
how well the measurement of one variable can predict the response of another variable
validity
the extent to which we accurately measured what we intended to measure
concurrent validity
when more than 1 technique leads to the same diagnosis
reliability
the consistency of measurements
Kappa score
the proportion of people who recieve the same diagnosis when assesed then reassesed
written in a decimal- 0.7 is seen as a “good agreement”
3 sections of the DSM
- offers guidance about the new system
- details the disorders and categorizes them according to our current understanding of the underlying causes
- suggestions for new disorders which require further attention
2 strengths of the non biological treatment for AN
- Fairburn- 30 participants had CBT-E or interpersonal psychotherapy. After 20 weeks, 65.5% of CBT-E ppts were in remission, 33.3% of IPT
- Application- ‘improvements’ create high anxiety levels. (intense fear of gaining weight). Brings rise to the need of extra ethical care and support
2 weaknesses of the non biological treatment for AN
- Fairburn- found CBT-E was more effective than other treatments. But all the “AN” participants had a BMI above 17.5 so lack’s generalisability and validity
- Carter- 45% dropout rate in his study. Effectivness is low as only the “completers” are included in research samples.
2 strengths of the non biological explanation for AN
- Guardia- 1PP had a mean perceived pasability ratio of 1.321 for AN ppts, 1.106 for the control group. Provides evidence for the idea of distorted body schema’s- overestimated their body size when imagine passing a doorway
- Leads to treatments like CBT-E. Fairburn- more effective than ippt- remission rates were 60% for CBT-E, 33.3% for ippt
2 weaknesses of the non biological explanation for AN
- Guardia- finding support idea of distorted body schemas. However lacks mundane realism as had to stand 5.9m away from door. Findings due to lack of realism rather than body schemas
- Cornelissen- morphing task (adjust an image of themselves until it matched their estimate of their body shape). Found no sig. difference between AN and controls
Evaluate the 4D’s of diagnoses (negative)
- Subjective- different social norms/ cultural differences- ‘hearing voices’ is seen as a symptom of schizophrenia for us but a spiritual experience for the maori culture.
- Labelling- ‘danger’ as a criterion leads people to think of mental illness patients as dangerous. The patient may be treated as dangerous and it becomes a self fufilling prophecy
Evaluate the 4D’s of diagnoses (positive)
accurate diagnosis- if deviance was the only consideration, those who are eccentric yet harmless maybe seen as abnormal, but those with common but debilitating symptoms may be missed (symptoms of depression)
All 4 d’s are used. Different disorders display different combinations. Deviance from statistical norms = intellectual disabilities, deviance from social norms, dysfunction and danger = antisocial personality disorder
Deviance results in behaviors seen as…
Unusual or undesirable that go againsed social norms e.g. theft or antisocial behavior
Danger results in behaviors that are…
Careless, hostile or hazardous that jeapodise the safety of themselves or other individuals that can result in sectioning
Dysfunction can lead to symptoms which…
is measures using
Distract, confuse or interfere with the ability to carry out usual roles e.g. completing tasks at work
WHODAS II
Distress results in symptoms that cause…
it is measured using…
Emotional pain or anxiety e.g. aches or pains. Its measures using K10- a 10 item self report questionnaire focusing on experiences in the past 4 weeks