Clinical psych chapter 7

Question 1

What defines abnormality?

Answer 1

1. personal distress
2. deviance from cultural norms
3. statistical infrequency
4. impaired social function

Question 2

who defines abnormality?

Answer 2

the authors of the dsm define abnormality (dsm task force made up of of psychiatrist and do research)

Question 3

why is the definition of abnormality important?

Answer 3

1. we knowing labeling can affect patients and professionals
2. from a research preceptive it can facilitate new research on new disorders in the dsm

Question 4

definition of abnormality for clients can

Answer 4

1. can be helpful for the clients
2. can help them not feel alone
3. can help them access treatment
4. acknowledging the significance of the problem
5. way to communicate what’s going on
6. stigma could damage a person self esteem

Question 5

premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Answer 5

1.a severe psm
2. when a female experiences severe mood swing and stuff

Question 6

disruptive mood dysregulation

Answer 6

1. child ages 6 to adulthood
2. when a child experiences frequent temper tantrum
3. verbal rage and physical range
4. baseline mood is irritable

Question 7

binge eating disorder

Answer 7

similar to bn
consuming a large amount of food and not being able to stop

Question 8

mild neurcognitive disorder

Answer 8

1. older adults
2. congnitive deficits but not as severe as dementia

Question 9

somatic symptom disorder

Answer 9

1. distressing somatic stmptoms
2. random pain
3. thoughts feelings and behaviors that are considered abnormal in response to that symptom

Question 10

hoarding disorder

Answer 10

A person with difficulty discarding items knowing their worth

Question 11

major depressive disorder

Answer 11

1. This diagnosis could not be given if experience a death
2. bereavement exclusion is now removed
3. clinicians wanted to identify exceeded expectations for that person’s cultural and background.

Question 12

autism spectrum disorder

Answer 12

1. aspergers is less severe
2. difficultlity with social behavior and repetitions of certain behaviors

Question 13

Adhd

Answer 13

1.the threshold has changed and now easier to get a diagnose
2. experienced from age 12 to now

Question 14

eating disorders

Answer 14

1. criteria changed for an and bn
2. binging and purging only have to happen once a week
3. binge eating disorder was added

Question 15

substance use disorder

Answer 15

1. before dsm5 we only had substance abuse and depended, dependance being more severe
2. specify what is serve

Question 16

intellectual disability

Answer 16

used to be mental retardation

Question 17

specific learning disorder

Answer 17

1. used to be learning disability and were in categorized based on subject
2. which particular areas you struggle in

Question 18

ocd in new category

Answer 18

moves from anxiety disorders to the obsessive category

Question 19

what categories are mood disorders split into

Answer 19

1.depressive disorder
2. bipolar and related disorders

Question 20

What is the dsm based on

Answer 20

a medical model that lists symptoms

Question 21

what are the criticism of the dsm

Answer 21

Overexpansion – normal experiences now being considered pathological
Controversial cutoffs – arbitrary cutoffs without empirical evidence
Shortcomings related to culture
Gender bias – diagnoses may represent exaggerations of socially encouraged gender roles
Non-empirical influences – political, financial