Diagnosing Disorders

Question 1

What is the dsm

Answer 1

Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental health. List of mental health disorders with their sympton and features intended aid diagnosis

Question 2

What are the 4ds?

Answer 2

Deviance, dysfunction distress danger

Question 3

Deviance

Answer 3

Refers to behaviour and emotions that aren’t the norm in society not only do the behaviours have to deviate from social or cultural norms but they have to be seen as unacceptable by society

Question 4

Distress

Answer 4

Refer to when someone with a disorder experiences negative feelings like anxiety isolation fear

Question 5

Dysfunction

Answer 5

Refers to a person’s behaviour not being succesful in carrying out everyday tasks and living their life in general. However dysfunctional grrhsbuoof can be deliberate but on its own doesn’t signal disorder. Abnormal behaviour is significantly interfering with everyday life. Dealing with demands of everyday life

Question 6

Danger

Answer 6

Refer to rangers to others or to the individual.

Question 7

The 4ds are useful in summarising how

Answer 7

Mental health professionals might define abnormality but there is clear scale between abnormal and normal issues of judgement. Sometimes there presence of 4d but mental disorder might not be diagnosed

Question 8

David 2009 suggest that

Answer 8

Using 4ds can help practicioner to see when a condition might need a dsm diagnosis. One of difficulties of diagnosis is deciding when a characteristic might be problematic enough to become a clinical diagnosis. One of the difficulties of diagnosis is deciding when a characteristic might be problem enough to become a diagnosis

Question 9

Deviance can be difficult to define because

Answer 9

Different mental disorders show similar defiance however some diagnosis clearly illustrated by deviance

Question 10

Dysfunction can be difficult to define because

Answer 10

Different mental disorders can show similar deviance however some disorders are clearly illustrated by deviance

Question 11

Dysfunction can be difficult to define because

Answer 11

Different mental disorders can show similar deviance however some disorders are clearly illustrated by deviance

Question 12

Dysfunction can be difficult to

Answer 12

Use in diagnosis because many life events and issues can be dysfunctional. Davis 2009 points out that to receive this diagnosis the episodes of depression must affect functioning with regard to persons work social life. Dysfunction must occur in more than one part of a person’s life for depression to be diagnosed

Question 13

Distress may be hard to measure

Answer 13

Because a person may unable to function but not experience feelings of distress whilst someone can experience a great deal of distress and still be able to function

Question 14

Abnormality in regard to distress is these negative feelings occur

Answer 14

Occur incosenditly or longer than normal

Question 15

Strength of the 4ds

Answer 15

David 2009 has shown how the 4ds can be used with dsm-iv-tr and adds 5th duration. The 4ds have a pratical application because they are useful when considering their symptons of issues become a clinical diagnosis
. The 4ds support the validity of the dsm as a diagnostic classification system in that various diagnosed are shown to focus on the specific ds showing ea h has value
. The reliability of diagnosis can be improved when clinancian communicate with each other increasing reliability

Question 16

Weakness of the 4ds

Answer 16

There is likely to be subjectivity in the application of the 4ds what an individual considers dysfunctional by the individual themselves it might be dysfunctional for society for example
. Questions about the lack of objectivity raisds issues about the lack of reliability if the 4ds are used by two medical professional they might not react the same conclusion about mental disorder
. Adding a 5th d means that the 4ds weren’t sufficient themselves which is a criticism
. Rosenhan 1973 as staff were unable to tell mentally disordered patients from those who are healthy

Question 17

Axial what are the 3 sections of the dsm5

Answer 17

1= simply explains the way the Dsm5 is organised and introduces some of the changes such as moving away from a multi axial system and bringing in section 112
Sectuon 2=_fives diagnostic criteria and codes cover neirpdevelopkentak disorder
Section 3= about emerging measures and models is abkiy the future of diagnosis new diagnoses eg Internet gaming