Diagnosis? Flashcards
What is classification?
Effort to construct groups or categories and to assign people to these based on their shared attributes
What does the diagnostic system allow us to do?
Group sets of symptoms into various classifications and disorders
What is the first pro of the importance of classification systems?
Describe characteristics of individuals who suffer from a disorder?
What is the second pro of the classification system?
Help clinicians predict behavior and outcomes
What is the third pro of the classification system?
Help clinicians decide on avenues of treatment (once a diagnosis is linked)
What is the fourth pro of the classification system?
Help researchers to communicate findings
What is the first problem with the classification systems?
Once an individual is categorized their uniqueness can be lost
What is the second problem with classification systems?
Attribute characteristics that the individual does not possess (can lead to self-fulfilling prophecy)
What is the third problem with classification systems?
Labeling can lead to stigmatization
What are the two major systems of classification?
ICD-10
DSM-5
What are the two major systems used for?
Description and classification, not an explanation of the causes
What are the seven factors of the DSM-5?
- ) Diagnostic criteria
- ) Specifiers
- ) Diagnostic Features
- ) Associated features
- ) Prevalence
- ) Development and course
- ) Risk and prognostic factors
- ) Culture related diagnostic issues
- ) Gender related issues
- ) Differential diagnosis
- ) Comorbidity
What were the 5 axes of the DSM-IV-TR?
Clinical syndromes
Personality disorders and mental retardation
General medical condition
Psychosocial and environmental problems
Global assessment of functioning scale
