Diagnosis Flashcards
How much higher is the suicide rate in males and why? (Diagnosis depression)
X3 in males Methods used (males guns, females OD)
What three ways ways is depression measured? (Diagnosis depression)
DSM
ICD
BDI
What is major depressive disorder (MDD) classified by? (Diagnosis depression)
- 5/9 symptoms present
- continued over 2 weeks
- one symptom must be either; depressive mood or loss of pleasure
What does the BDI do? (Diagnosis depression)
21 symptoms that uses a likert scale to measure severity of symptoms
How are symptoms categorised? (Diagnosis depression)
- Cognitive
- Affective (emotions)
- Behavioural (loss of interest)
- physical
What is reliability? (Diagnosis depression)
Consistency of a measurement
What is inter-rater reliability? (Diagnosis depression)
Someone else carrying out your test
What is wrong with inter-rater reliability? (Diagnosis depression)
Unreliable - subjective nature
What is test re-test? (Diagnosis depression)
Repeating it yourself on another day
What is bad with test re-test? (Diagnosis depression)
Occurring on different days could mean symptoms are different e.g bipolar disorder
What did Zanarini (300) find? (Diagnosis depression)
IRR is good correlating 0.8, while TRT only correlates 0.6
What is wrong with the classification types for depression? (Diagnosis depression)
Ethnocentrically bias
What is wrong with GP’s diagnosing patients? (Diagnosis depression)
They are not specialist in this area and may Mia-diagnose patients
Why would an over-diagnosis occur? (Diagnosis depression)
Profit from drugs companies
What is wrong with the label of depression? (Diagnosis depression)
Stigmatisation
